of the 1990s, where there was a lot of monologue type poetry that withdrew into the inner side, Yi Won was the just about the only poet who wrote with the digital civilization in mind. Though, it is hard to consider that her works simply jumped on the development of IT technology. Her interest was in the problem of what type of existence people should lead in the age where digital civilization suddenly rose. Technological advancements offered people conveniences, but it also gave people the feeling that they were beings that drifted across the Internet, similar to data, unable to anchor onto their physical selves. Yi Won acutely captured what sensations are felt by people that have become cyborgs within such a modern society, and how they feel their physical bodies. On the other hand, in (세상에서 가장 가벼운 오토바이 The World's Lightest Motorcycle), and (불가능한 종이의 역사 The History of the Impossible Paper), she doesn't not directly reveal her interest on digital civilization. Instead, the poet faces the underlying loneliness of human beings, and attempts to find the meaning of existence from scars and absence. Works Poetry collections (그들이 지구를 지배했을 때 When They Ruled the Earth), Moonji Publishing, 1996. (야후!의 강물에 천개의 달이 뜬다 A Thousands Moons Rising Over the River of Yahoo!), Moonji Publishing, 2001. (세상에서 가장 가벼운 오토바이 The World's Lightest Motorcycle), Moonji Publishing, 2007. (불가능한 종이의 역사 The History of the Impossible Paper), Moonji Publishing, 2012. Essay collections (산책 안에 담은 것들 Everything in a Walk), Sejong Books, 2016. Awards 2002 Contemporary Poetics Award 2005 Contemporary Poetry Award Further reading Song, Seunghwan, Feelings on the Sides, Seojeongsihak, 2010. Jeong, Jinkyeong, Discord With the Masked World, Prunsasang, 2015. Ham, Dongyun, Love Cannot Sleep, Changbi, 2016. References 1968 births Living people South Korean women poets 20th-century South Korean poets 20th-century South Korean women writers 21st-century South Korean poets 21st-century South Korean women writers Seoul Institute of the Arts alumni Dongguk University alumni People from Hwaseong, Gyeonggi