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Flowers of a moment poems

Flowers of a moment poems
Author
KO UN
Co-Author
-
Translator
Anthony of Taizé,Young Moo Kim,Gaeli Gaswi
Publisher
BOA Editions
Published Year
2006
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

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

Original Title
순간의 꽃
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Sunganui kkot
ISBN
1929918879
Page
103
Volume
-
Ko Un
  • Ko Un
  • Birth : 1933 ~ -
  • Occupation : Poet, Novelist
  • First Name : Un
  • Family Name : Ko
  • Korean Name : 고은
  • ISNI : 0000000110791051
  • Works : 102
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 811 고은 순-Ant LTI Korea Library Available - -
Descriptions
  • 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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Awards
  • 2007 Northern California Book Award

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