General & Miscellaneous Asian Poetry

Ten Thousand Lives

Name: Ten Thousand Lives
Author: Ko Un
ISBN: 9781933382067

by Ko Un, Young-Moo Kim, Young-Moo Kim (Translator), Brother Anthony of Taize

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Overview

Ko Un grew up in a formerly Japanese-controlled territory that was very much the center of the Korean War. Ten Thousand Lives is his major, ongoing work, which began during his imprisonment, when he determined to describe every person he had ever met. The selection in this volume—from the first 10 volumes—represents one of the major classics of twentieth-century Korean literature, published for the first time in English.

Synopsis

Represents one of the major classics of twentieth-century Korean literature, published for the first time in English.

About the Author, Ko Un

Born in colonial Korea in 1933, Ko Un has written 15 volumes of poetry and twice won the prestigious Korean Literature Prize. Work translated into seventeen languages. In 1999, he was Visiting Research Scholar at the Harvard-Korea Institute.