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First Person Sorrowful

About the Books

Author
KO UN
Co-Author
-
Translator
Brother Anthony of Taize,LEE SANG-WHA
Publisher
BLOODAXE BOOKS
Published Year
2012
Country
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Classification

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

Original Title
1인칭은 슬프다
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
1Inchingeun Seulpeuda
ISBN
9781852249533
Page
-
Volume

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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Descriptions
  • English(English)

Ko Un has long been a living legend in Korea, both as a poet and as a person. Allen Ginsberg once wrote, 'Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination of Buddhist cognoscenti, passionate political libertarian, and naturalist historian.' When a writer has published as much as Ko Un has in the course of more than fifty years of writing, it is hard to know where to begin, what to translate. For this collection, his translators have selected a hundred or so poems from the five collections published since the year 2002, collections acclaimed by Korean critics as bringing poetry to a new level of cosmic reference. Nothing shows more clearly his stature as a writer than the variety of themes and emotions found in his most recent work. Readers here have access for the first time to many of the poems Ko Un has produced in the 21st century, as he approaches his eightieth year, his energy and originality unabated. As Michael McLure wrote years ago: 'Ko Un's poetry has the old-fashionedness of a muddy rut on a country road after rain, and yet it is also as state-of-the-art as a DNA micro-chip.' That remains true today. "First Person Sorrowful" is Ko Un's first book to be published in the UK, and has an introduction by Sir Andrew Motion.

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E-books & Audiobooks1

  • English(English) E-books
    First Person Sorrowful
    Ko Un / 고은 / 2012 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 21st century poetry

LTI Korea Library Holdings2

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1 영어 811 고은 일-안 LTI Korea Library Available -
2 영어 811 고은 일-안 LTI Korea Library Not Available -