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Ko Un

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Korean poet

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Works
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Top works

  • Unas horas con los poetas muertos
  • Unas horas con los poetas muertos
  • Ananda. 108 poemas zen
  • Ananda. 108 poemas zen
  • Flores de un momento

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Type
Other
Country
XW

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Quotes

  • That flowerseen as I went down—as I was coming upI couldn't see it

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Key facts

Born
Ko Un-tae , ( 1933-08-01 ) August 1, 1933 (age 92) , Gunsan , Zenrahoku Province , Korea, Empire of Japan
Language
Korean
Citizenship
South Korean
Genre
Poetry
Spouse
Lee Sang-wha ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 ) ​
Hangul
고은태
Hanja
高銀泰
Rr
Go Euntae
Mr
Ko Ŭnt'ae

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.koun.co.kr
Image
Ko Un Cracow Poland October23 2009 Fot Mariusz Kubik 06.jpg
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Commons category
Ko Un
date of birth
1933-08-01
Commons gallery
Ko Un
Revised Romanization
Go Eun
start of work period
1958-00-00
name in native language
高銀
McCune–Reischauer romanization
Ko Ŭn
birth name
髙銀泰
end of work period
2018-00-00
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Article

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 and was later mentioned in Korea as one of the front runners for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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