and tragedy, of loneliness and isolation. Such an aesthetic critical mind also continues in Lee Byungryul's later poems. However, his poetry have shown diverse elements according to the era. His second poetry collection, Baramui sasaenghwal (바람의 사생활 The Wind's Personal Life) (Changbi, 2006), expressed a strong feeling of greatly longing for someone. The poet showed attachment to things that cannot be reached, and things that cannot be easily said. In Chanlan (찬란 Brilliance), by thinking about what ‘living’ means, he makes the readers aware that the act of living itself without stopping is something that is ‘brilliant’. In Nunsaram yeogwan (눈사람 여관 Snowman Motel) (Moonji Publishing, 2013) the poet strives for a meaning of existence that penetrates the moment as well as eternity, facing ‘himself’ as a poetic consciousness. Here, the poet shows his awareness that literature is like an endless journey to find one's self in order to understand the existence of ‘I’. After such thinking process, he concludes that ‘I’ is a ‘person’ that has cultivated countless ‘relationships’ that an individual has in society. Lee Byungryul is praised as a poet that has been able to describe such philosophical insights in lyric expression. Works Poetry collections Dangsineun eodingaro garyeohanda (당신은 어딘가로 가려한다 You are Trying to Go Somewhere), Munhakdongne, 2003. Baramui sasaenghwal (바람의 사생활 Private Life of Wind), 2006 Chanlan (찬란 Radiant), 2010 Nunsaram yeogwan (눈사람 여관 Snowman Motel), 2013 Essay collections Kkeullim (끌림 Attraction), Random House Korea, 2005. Barami bunda dangsini jotda (바람이 분다 당신이 좋다 Wind Blows, I Like You), 2012 Eo tuen nal 1 (어떤 날1 One Day1), 12013 Nae yeope itneun saram (내 옆에 있는 사람 The Person Next To Me), 2015 Works in Translation 起風時 我愛你 (Chinese) 那男那女 (Chinese) Awards 2006 Contemporary Poetry Award Further reading Lee Byungryul and Yoon Donghui, Long Jumping In, 2016 (Lee Byungryul's Interview Collection References 21st-century South Korean poets Living people People from Jecheon 1967 births South Korean male television actors