Ha Seung-moo

Ha Seung-moo occupies a corner of the cultural map I find quietly fascinating: a South Korean poet who is also a Presbyterian minister, seminary professor, and theologian. I suspect the poetry and the theology feed each other rather than compete. Both are disciplines of attention, attempts to fix the invisible in language. Born in the 1960s in Sacheon and educated at Kosin University, he hasn't chased the flashy metrics of fame, and that appeals to me. Figures who spend a lifetime patiently wrestling with words tend to outlast louder contemporaries. I respect the kind of work that asks to be reread rather than merely noticed.

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Name (English)

Ha Seung-moo

Name (Japanese)

河承武

Reading

は・すんむ

Born

February 5, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Sacheon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea

Occupation

poet / theologian

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

University

Kosin University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha%20Seung-moo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E6%89%BF%E6%AD%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47538220

Tags

• South Gyeongsang
• poet
• theologian

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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