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Flowers of a Moment
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- Writer
- KO UN
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- Published Year
- 2015
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- Genre
- Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary poetry
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.