[KS] Public Lecture by Brother Anthony of Taizé

[James B. Lewis]

‘Books and People: a Korean Cornucopia’

A lecture by Brother Anthony (in person)

Emeritus Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, 
Sogang University

Brother Anthony of Taizé has donated to the Bodleian Library, University 
of Oxford, his extensive library of nineteenth and early 
twentieth-century books by foreigners on Korea and will offer comments 
on selected books and the personalities behind them.

Biography

Brother Anthony of Taizé (naturalized Korean name An Sonjae) studied 
Medieval and Modern languages at Oxford. In 1969 he joined the Taizé 
Community in France. After three years' service in a Philippine slum, in 
May 1980, Brother Anthony joined other brothers in Korea, invited by the 
late Archbishop of Seoul, Cardinal Kim Sou-Hwan. He taught English 
literature at Sogang University, Seoul, for nearly three decades, while 
translating works of modern Korean literature and also writing books and 
articles about literature and translation.

Brother Anthony has published a wide variety of works by classical 
writers and modern writers. In 1991 he won a Modern Korean Literature 
Translation Award from The Korea Times for his translation of 
"Headmaster Abe" by Ko Un. He served as President of the Royal Asiatic 
Society Korea Branch (2011-2020). He was awarded the Korean government's 
Order of Cultural Merit, Jade Crown class, in October 2008 for his work 
in promoting knowledge of Korean literature in the world. In 2015 he 
received an MBE. He currently lives in Seoul.

IN PERSON ONLY

Time: 4 April 2023, 5 P.M.

Place: Window on Korea Room, Nizami Ganjavi Library

Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane

Convener: Professor Jieun Kiaer, MA

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