[KS] Ku Sang 1919 - 2004

[Young-Key Kim-Renaud]

Thank you, Brother Anthony, for letting us know of the passing of a beautiful mind and a gentleman of Korea. Thank you, especially, for having made it possible for Ku Sang to touch so many hearts of the world.  

My family and I are grateful to have been able to call him a friend, too.  When I last saw him last summer, he was still able to talk and I am glad I took a short video of him then. It's good to know that he doesn't have to suffer anymore.

I will be with you at Myongdong Cathedral on Thursday at 10am in my prayers. My father will be very sorry not to be there, either, because he is going in for a surgery.

Young-Key Kim-Renaud
The George Washington University 

----- Original Message -----
From: Brother Anthony <ansonjae at ccs.sogang.ac.kr>
Date: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:23 pm
Subject: [KS] Ku Sang 1919 - 2004

> I think that members of the list may wish to know that the poet / 
> writer Ku Sang died early
> this (Tuesday) morning after being very sick for many months. 
> Those in Seoul wishing to pay
> their respects should go to the Funeral Parlor at Kangnam Songmo 
> Hospital. The funeral Mass
> will be at Myongdong Cathedral on Thursday at 10am. Having 
> published three volumes of
> translations of his work more than 10 years ago, I am especially 
> grateful that I was able to
> put the fourth volume ('Even the knots on quince trees...')into 
> his hands in March, and receive
> his smile. Tubes in the throat have prevented him speaking since 
> last October. Another bit of
> history gone. RIP
> 
> Brother Anthony
> Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
> http://www.sogang.ac.kr/~anthony
> 
>