Poet, professor emerita of Seoul National University, member of the National Academy of Arts
| Life | 1941 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 전주 류씨 |
Yu An-jin (Yoo An-jin, born 1941) is a poet and essayist. According to Korean Wikipedia her seat is Jeonju and she was born on October 1, 1941 in Andong. She graduated in education from Seoul National University, earned a master's in educational psychology there and a doctorate at Florida State University in 1976, taught at schools such as Hosudon Girls' High School and later became a professor at Seoul National University.
She debuted in 1965-1967 through three recommendations by Park Mok-wol in the journal Hyundae Munhak, with the poems Moon, Star and Consolation. She became widely known for the essay collection Dreaming of a Jirang-like Friendship (1986, with Yi Hyang-ja and Sin Dal-ja), and her poetry collections include Nuii, A Bag of Spring Rain, Picking Up Dabotap and Telling the Truth with Lies.
Her prizes include the PEN Literature Prize (1996), the Jeong Ji-yong Literature Prize (1998), the Korean Poets' Association Prize (2012) and the Gongcho and Mokwol literary prizes (2013); she is a member of the National Academy of Arts as of 2016. Andong is one of the main home regions of the Jeonju Ryu, and the clan presents her as a leading modern writer.
Praised for a delicate, fluent style and tight composition, she moved across poetry, fiction and essays. Her fiction includes The Windflower Does Not Wither and Ttaengbi, and her essays include Love, Cry to the Bottom.