Background
Bom, Dae-Soon was born on June 16, 1930 in Gwangju, South Korea. Son of Yoon-Jung and Hyun-Sook Kim.
Bom, Dae-Soon was born on June 16, 1930 in Gwangju, South Korea. Son of Yoon-Jung and Hyun-Sook Kim.
Bachelor, Korea University, Seoul, 1957. Master of Arts, Korea University, Seoul, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, South Korea, 1986.
Postgraduate, Oxford University, England, 1981. Postgraduate, London University, 1985. Postgraduate, University Iowa, 1989.
Professor English literature Chonnam National University, 1968-1994, chairman English department, 1981-1991, professor emeritus, since 1994. Visiting scholar Denison University, Ohio, 1981, Cambridge University, 1990-1991, Emory University, Atlanta, 1995.
Organizer, chairman Round Table poets' club, 1967-1977. President Literature Association Chonnam and Gwangju, Korea, 1976-1978, Clan Bom's National Union, Korea, since 1986.
Married Ok-Yeong Kim. Children: Hee-Seung, Yeong-Sook, Eun-Kyung, Kyung-Hwa.