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Ko Un (고은)

A meeting with Brother Anthony

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by Philip Gowman on 23 August, 2009

in Food & Drink, Interviews and features, Ko Un (고은), Literature

LKL talks to Brother Anthony on poetry, tea, temple stays and romanisation
On the twelfth floor of an anonymous building in the Sincheon area of Seoul there’s an overcrowded study. From a cassette player in the corner wafts the soothing sounds of kayageum and daegeum sanjo. Books line every available inch of wall space, and more: [...]

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Korea’s least-known best films?

13 May 2009 Buddhism
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Mark Morris from Cambridge University’s Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies discusses two films shown at the Barbican on Sunday.
The International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) chose the Barbican Centre for its venue between 7-17 May. Two remarkable Korean films stood out among an eclectic mix of documentary and narrative films.

The 1949 Hometown of the [...]

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Leading Korean poet comes to London

19 April 2008 Events news
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Ko Un (고은), one of Korea’s most prominent living poets, will be giving his first ever UK poetry reading at the Korean Cultural Centre, London on Tuesday, 29 April at 7.00-8.30pm.
“It is very striking to see the kind of tuning fork [Ko Un] has been, re-inventing himself in every decade through the turns in Korea’s [...]

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Che in Verse launched

16 October 2007 General book news

(Che in Verse, eds Gavin O’Toole & Georgina Jimenez, Aflame Books, 2007)
Loyal readers who have followed this site from its early months may recall a question posed by a visitor about a year ago. Gavin O’Toole was working on assembling a compilation of poems from around the world about the great revolutionary Che Guevara. He’d [...]

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Che Guevara in Korean poetry (part 2)

3 December 2006 Ask an expert

Thanks to daeguowl for researching this interesting question, and for coming up with some additional poems to consider.
And a special thanks to Brother Anthony of Taize for giving of his time, and providing translations for the two key poems which our visitor was interested in. Here they are:
Memoirs
by Ko Un
Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé [...]

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