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Ko Un (Korean: 고은; born 1 August 1933) is a South Korean poet whose works have been translated and published in more than fifteen countries. He had been imprisoned many times due to his role in the campaign for Korean democracy [1] and was later mentioned in Korea as one of the front runners for the Nobel Prize in Literature .
Ko Un (born August 1, 1933, Kunsan, North Cholla province, Japanese-occupied Korea [now in South Korea]) is a prolific Korean poet who gained an international readership with verse informed by both his political activism in Korea and a broader concern for humanity.
Learn about Ko Un, a prolific and influential poet who survived the Korean War, opposed the military regime, and visited North Korea. Explore his poems, translations, awards, and legacy.
Learn about Ko Un, a national poet of South Korea who survived the Japanese occupation, the Korean War, and political imprisonment. Read four poems by Ko Un that explore sound, silence, and the liminal in his Buddhist-inspired poetry.
Ko Un is a remarkable poet and one of the heroes of human freedom in this half century, a religious poet who got tangled by accident in the terrible accidents of modern history. But he is somebody who has been equal to the task, a feat rare among human beings. - Robert Hass (USA)
Ko Un. For his keen sensitivity, outstanding powers of intuition, the breadth and depth of his imagination and his skillful use of language, as well as the maturity of his understanding of human life, Ko Un is widely acknowledged to be Korea's foremost contemporary poet.
Ko Un on Ko Un. Who is Ko Un. Chronology. Life in Picture. List of Works. Works in Translation. Literature Awards. Activities. Contact.
