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Kim Kwang-kyu was born in Seoul in 1941 and is a professor in the German Language and Literature department at Hanyang University. His first book was published in 1979. A selection from his first three volumes was translated into English and published in England as Faint Shadows of Love in 1991. He has written much poetry sharply critical of the abuses of human dignity caused by corrupt politics and the structural contradictions brought about by the industrialization of society. His subtle protests at the dictatorships of the 1970s and 80s were especially prized and he is also one of the first Korean poets to write on the themes now known as 'ecological' with his feeling for the ravages society has wrought on the world of nature. Brother Anthony teaches English Literature at Sogang University in Seoul, Korea. He is the translator of several books of Korean poety including Farmers’ Dance and The Sound of My Waves: Selected Poems of Ko Un.