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Flowers of a Moment

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Title Sub
Lannan Translations Selection
Author
Ko Un
Co-Author
-
Translator
Anthony of Taizé,Young Moo Kim,Gaeli Gaswi
Publisher
BOA Editions Ltd.
Published Year
2015
Country
UNITED STATES (New York)
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 21st century poetry

Original Title
순간의 꽃
Romanization of Original
Sunganui kkot
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9781938160899
Page
-
Series
OverDrive Read

About the Author

  • Ko Un
  • Birth : 1933 ~ -
  • Occupation : Poet, Novelist
  • First Name : Un
  • Family Name : Ko
  • Korean Name : 고은
  • ISNI : 0000000110791051
  • Works : 101
About the Original Work
  • 순간의 꽃
  • Author : Ko Un
  • Published Year : 2001
  • English Title : Flowers of a Moment: Poems
More About the Original Work
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  • English(English)

"Bodhisattva of Korean poetry, exuberant, demotic, abundant, obsessed with poetic creation . . . Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate political libertarian, and naturalist historian."—Allen Ginsberg
"Korea's greatest living Zen poet."—Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Flowers of a Moment is a treasure trove of more than 180 brief poems by a major world poet at the apex of his career. A four-time Nobel Prize nominee,Ko Un grew up in Korea during the Japanese occupation. During the Korean War, he was conscripted by the People's Army. In 1952, he became a Buddhist and lived a monastic life for ten years.

For his activism confronting South Korea's dictatorial military government, he was imprisoned and tortured. He has published more than one hundred volumes of poetry, essays, fiction, drama, and translations of Chinese poetry.

At sunset
a wish
to become a wolf beneath a fat full moon

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Translated Books7 See More

  • Spanish(Español) Book
    Flores de un momento
    KO UN / 고은 / 2017 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 21st century poetry
  • French(Français) Book
    Fleurs de l'instant
    KO UN / 고은 / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 21st century poetry
  • German(Deutsch) Book
    BLÜTEN DES AUGENBLICKS
    KO UN / 고은 / 2011 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 21st century poetry
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