Born in 1958, Dukkyu Park grew up in Daegu. He graduated from the Department of Korean Language and Literature of Kyung-hee University, Seoul. His first poems were published in the coterie magazine Siundong in 1980. In addition to his collections of poems Beautiful Hunting and Butterfly Flying in an Alley, he has published volumes of fiction and literary criticism. He received his Ph.D. from Dankook University, where he is currently a professor of creative writing.