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“Balli-balli” and why I’m ‘glad’ Ko Un did not win the Nobel Prize for Literature

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Article
http://www.ktlit.com/ballli-balli-and-why-im-glad-ko-un-did-not-win-the-nobel-prize-for-literature/
Journal
Korean Literature in Translation
Issued Date
October 10, 2014
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
SOUTH KOREA
City
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Book
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Writer
Ko Un

About the Author

  • Ko Un
  • Birth : 1933 ~ -
  • Occupation : Poet, Novelist
  • First Name : Un
  • Family Name : Ko
  • Korean Name : 고은
  • ISNI : 0000000110791051
  • Works : 101
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First, I should say that Ko Un is a deserving candidate and would have been a deserving winner for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2014, even though his odds did decline from as high a 6/1 last year to 33/1 this year according to Ladbrokes betting site. Ko has built a massive ouevre on simple poetry that expresses the recent history of Korea in the most simple, but zen-literary fashion imaginable. Alas, this year the award went to Patrick Modiano (not alas to Mr. Modiano, whose accomplishments are manifest), who no doubt deserved it.

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