The Poet and the Poem
2024-25 Series

Featured Young-Key Kim-Renaud

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Young-Key Kim-Renaud is Professor Emeritus of Korean Language and Culture and International Affairs, and Senior Advisor to the Institute for Korean Studies at George Washington University. She is a linguist, humanities scholar, and a dedicated teacher, seeing her role as a bridge between different human beings. She served as President of the International Circle of Korean Linguistics and as Editor-in-Chief of its journal, Korean Linguistics. She served as the previous president of the Korean Literary Society of Washington. Her extensive publications include 14 books, the most recent one being Songs in a Second Language: An Anthology of Korean American Literature, published by Forest Woods Media Productions in 2024. One of the activities she enjoys is dancing flamenco.

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