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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear Korean Studies List Members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ko Un, one of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region>’s
most prominent living poets, will be giving his first ever <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> poetry reading at the Korean Cultural Centre,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place></span></font>
on Tuesday, 29 April at 7.00-8.30pm. Details of the event and about Ko Un and
his poetry are attached below and as a Word document.<o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“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 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
postwar political and social history. In his early work, it’s my
impression that he was writing in some version of the received tradition of
Korean nature lyric with symbolist overtones, touched by the Korean folk
tradition, touched by Son Buddhism, which, compared to the sense of refinement
in Zen Buddhist poetry, seems earthy and intellectually tough. …Ko Un is
a remarkable poet and one of the heroes of human freedom in this half-century.”
-Robert Hass (2008 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Batang;font-weight:bold'>※</span></font> </b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Please note that a</span>dvance booking </b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>is </span>required</b><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'> for this event</span>. For </b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>booking
and general</span> enquirie</b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>s about the
event</span>, please </b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>contact the <u>Korean
Cultural Centre, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place></u>:</span></b><b><font
face=Batang><span style='font-family:Batang;font-weight:bold'>※</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>E-mail: </span></font></b><a
href="mailto:info@kccuk.org.uk">info@kccuk.org.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tel: </span></font></b>020
7004 2600<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Event: The Poet Ko Un
– Poetry Reading<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Date & Time: 29 April 2008
(Tue), <st1:time Minute="0" Hour="19" o:ls="trans" w:st="on">19:00</st1:time>-<st1:time
Minute="30" Hour="20" o:ls="trans" w:st="on">20:30</st1:time><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Venue: Multipurpose
Hall<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>“Ko Un is a demon-driven
Bodhisattva of Korean poetry, exuberant, abundant, obsessed with poetic
creation...a magnificent poet, combined of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate
political libertarian, and natural historian.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:right'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>-
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>
poet <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Allen Ginsberg</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>“Ko Un is not only a major
spokesperson for all of Korean culture, but a voice for Planet Earth Watershed
as well...Because of their purity, their nervy clarity, and their heart of
compassion, his poems are not only Korean —they belong to the world.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:20.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>-
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>
Poet <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Gary Snyder</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Between April 25<sup>th</sup> and 30<sup>th</sup>, the most
internationally talked-about and representative Korean poet, Ko Un will be
visiting the UK, and will be giving his first ever UK poetry reading at the
Korean Cultural Centre, London.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This poetry reading, as the Cultural Centre’s first literary
event, is intended to introduce Korean literature into the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place> literary world and open the door
for literary exchange.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>At this poetry reading, Ko Un will, in person, read a selection of
poems from certain of his anthologies, with a Question & Answer and
autograph session afterwards, with real-time translation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ko Un, who took the stage in 1958, has published over 130 books of
poems, short stories/novels, essays, commentaries, and other works, and his
works have been translated into 16 languages, including English, French, German
and Spanish.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>With endless imagination and the soul of a poet, Ko Un has gained the
attention of the world of poetry and is even now being invited to famous poetry
and literature events, and is spreading knowledge of Korean literature to the
world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>A Poet’s Heart ( – <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Si-in-ŭi
Ma-ŭm</span></i>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>A poet is born
in a chink of crimes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>larceny,
murder, fraud, or violence,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>in some
obscure corner of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>First the
poet’s words go creeping<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>into chinks in
harsh cursing’s foulest oaths<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>heard in a
city’s poorest roughest slums,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>and for a time
dominate society.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Then the
poet’s heart fashions a single cry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>out of all
today’s truths as they come seeping<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>through chinks
in the evil and lies,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>and gets
beaten to death by other hearts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>A poet’s
heart is doomed, that’s sure.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Batang;font-weight:bold'>※</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Advance booking required. For booking
enquiries, please use the following details: </span></font></b><b><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>E-mail: </span></font></b>info@kccuk.org.uk<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tel: </span></font></b>020
7004 2600<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ko Un – a brief history<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:97.2pt;text-indent:-97.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1933 Ko
Un was born in Kunsan, Chollabuk-do<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:97.2pt;text-indent:-97.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1958 Poems
‘<i><span style='font-style:italic'>A spring night’s speech’,
‘<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Snowy Road</st1:address></st1:Street>’,
‘The Grace of Heaven’</span></i> published in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Hyundae Munhak</span></i> (Contemporary Literature)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:97.2pt;text-indent:-97.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1960 Publication
of Ko Un’s 130<sup>th</sup> work; the poetry anthology “<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Other World Sensibility</span></i>”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:97.2pt;text-indent:-97.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1983 “<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The complete works of Ko Un</span></i>” books 1
and 2 published.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:97.2pt;text-indent:-97.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>From 1986 First
episode of the “<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ten Thousand Lives</span></i>”
Serial-novel published<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:97.2pt;text-indent:-97.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1987~1994 “<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Paekdu</span></i></st1:PlaceName><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Mountain</st1:PlaceType></span></i></st1:place>”
Serial-novel episodes 1-7 published<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:97.2pt;text-indent:-97.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1998 Poetry
anthology “<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Whisper</span></i>”
published<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:97.2pt;text-indent:-97.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1999 Poetry
anthology “<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Far, Far Journey: an
epic”</span></i> published<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:97.2pt;text-indent:-97.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2002 Selected
poem anthologies “<i><span style='font-style:italic'>A wind</span></i>”,
“<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Complete Ko Un“ </span></i>(part
38) published<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ko Un has received over 10 Korean prizes for his work, including the
third Manhae Prize in Literature, the first Daesan Prize for Literature, and
the Joong-Ang literary award as well as international awards such as <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Norway</st1:country-region>’s Bjornson Order for Literature and
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
Griffin Poetry Prize. He was also a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching
Institute and UC Berkley. He is currently a professor at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Seoul</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and has been
entered in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>His homepage is <a href="http://www.koun.co.kr/"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.koun.co.kr</span></font></a>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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