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21%OFFUn Ko - Maninbo: Peace & War - 9781780372426 - V9781780372426
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Maninbo: Peace & War

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Description for Maninbo: Peace & War Paperback. Selection from the Korean poet's epic 30-volume series of books featuring a poem about every person he has known in his 81-year life. Translator(s): Sang-Wha, Lee. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Ko Un has long been a living legend in Korea, both as a poet and as a person. Allen Ginsberg once wrote, 'Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate political libertarian, and naturalist historian.' Maninbo (Ten Thousand Lives) is the title of a remarkable collection of poems by Ko Un, filling thirty volumes, a total of 4001 poems containing the names of 5600 people, which took 30 years to complete. Ko Un first conceived the idea while confined in a solitary cell upon his arrest in May 1980, the first volumes appeared in 1986, and the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780372426
SKU
V9781780372426
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About Un Ko
Born in 1933 in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, Korea, Ko Un is Korea’s foremost living writer. After immense suffering during the Korean War, he became a Buddhist monk. His first poems were published in 1958, his first collection in 1960. A few years later he returned to the world. After years of dark nihilism, he became a leading spokesman in ... Read more

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This volume serves as a testimony, a monumental feat of remembrance memorializing the lives of ordinary people interrupted by extraordinary events.
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