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Ko Un Korea (1933 - ) Timeline Buddhist : Zen / Chan Poems by Ko Un Books - Links |
He became a Zen Buddhist monk in the 1950s, and returned to secular life sometime in the 1960s.
Ko Un became an activist opposing the harsh and arbitrary rule of South Korea's president, President Park Chung-hee. His dissident activities led to several terms of imprisonment and torture.
The democratization of South Korea in the late 1980s finally gave Ko Un the freedom to travel to other countries, including a visit to the United States and make a spiritual journey through India.
He married in 1985 and had a daughter.
Poems by Ko Un
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| What?: 108 Zen Poems | Ten Thousand Lives | The Three Way Tavern: Selected Poems | Little Pilgrim: A Novel | Flowers of a Moment |
Related Links
Ko Un - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Un
Very brief biography, but with some good links.
Ko Un
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/koun.htm
Another biography online.
Ko Un
http://www.koun.co.kr
Ko Un's official web site, with biographical information, bibliography, photographs, and more.
A Full Biography of Ko Un
http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/KoUnFull.htm
A fairly detailed biography by Ko Un's translator, Brother Anthony.
Ko Un
http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/klt/97april/koun.htm
Several poems by Ko Un.
Ko Un's Place in Modern Korean Poetry
http://www.changbi.com/english/related/related3_1.asp
An in depth article by Choi Won-shik
Ko Un's Ten Thousand Lives
http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/ManinboTen.htm
A selection of poems from Ko Un's collection, Ten Thousand Lives/Maninbo
Words Without Borders: Ko Un
http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article.php?lab=KoUnMoon
Several poems by Ko Un.
