Yoo Yeong

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoo.
Yoo Yeong
Born(1917-11-24)November 24, 1917
Yongin, Korea, Empire of Japan
DiedAugust 25, 2002(2002-08-25) (aged 84)
NationalitySouth Korean
Occupation(s)Professor in English Literature, translator, poet
Academic background
EducationYonhei College, Seoul National University

Yoo Yeong (Korean: 유영; Hanja: 柳玲; November 24, 1917 – August 25, 2002) was a South Korean literary scholar, translator, and poet.

He was a professor at the Department of English Language and Literature of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea from 1956 to 1983.[1] He taught English Poetry at school, his specialty being in John Milton and Rabindranath Tagore. He was given the Dongbaeg Medal (the third class of South Korea’s Order of Civil Merit) by the South Korean government for his contribution to education when he retired from his professorate in 1983.[2] He translated many literary works such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, Milton’s Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained into Korean. He was the first Korean to translate the complete collection of Tagore’s poetry.[3]

He is also known for his acquaintance with one of the most well-known poets in Korea, Yun Dong-ju. After the poet’s death, Yoo’s memorial poem for his friend was included in the first edition of Yun’s posthumously published collection of poems.[4] Being a poet himself, Yoo published his own poems under the titles Day and Night (日月) (1970), The Preface of Air and Earth (天地序) (1975), The Mind is a Wing (마음은 날개) (1992) and so on. A translation award is being given under his name (Yoo Yeong Translation Award[5]) since 2007.[6]

  1. ^ “Four Professors Including Professor Yoo Yeong Retiring [유영 교수 등 네 교수 정년퇴임],” The Yonsei Chunchu [연세춘추], Mar. 7, 1983: 1. [1]
  2. ^ “List of Teachers to Acquire the Retirement Reward [정년퇴임 포상教員 명단],” The Chosunilbo [조선일보], Mar. 1, 1983: 10.
  3. ^ “The Complete Collection of Tagore: The First Complete Korean Translation of the Works that was Collected for 10 Years [타골全集: 10餘 년간 資料 모은 國內 첫完譯本],” The Kyunghyang Shinmun [경향신문], Mar. 7, 1974: 5.
  4. ^ “Yonhi College,” Yoon Dongju Memorial Hall, accessed Jul. 12, 2022
  5. ^ http://www.yy2006.org/index.html
  6. ^ Hyun-ki Kim [김현기], “‘Unearthing New Translators under Father’s Name’ Son Hyuksoo who Established the Yoo Yeong Translation Award [‘아버지 이름으로 번역가 발굴’ 유영 번역상 만든 아들 혁수씨],” The JoongAng [중앙일보], May 30, 2007. [2]