[KS] Sad news

[MARK E. CAPRIO]

Jonathan,
Thanks for sharing this. I too am so sad to hear of Nanji Kim Wagner’s
passing. She surely lived an eventful life. Always ready with a fascinating
story. Two in particular I remember and used in my teaching. One involved a
document she needed to show at interviews for teaching jobs after she
finished university in Japan. Above her Japanese name was stamped in red
‘Chosenjin’ to reveal her Korean origins. I recall her lamenting that she
didn’t get any job offers. The second story involved her father who shipped
six boats-full of equipment from Niigata, Japan back to Korea after the
war. None of them arrived.
May she Rest in Peace. She deserves it.

Mark Caprio

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 23:14 Mark Peterson <markpetersonemeritus at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Oh, I'm so sad to see this.  I call her from time to time.  She is so
> delightful to talk to.  Charming.  What a wonderful friend.
>
> Let us known about any funeral service -- I hope it will be zoomed.
>
> with best regards,
> Mark
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 1:14 AM Eugene Park <genep at unr.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear Jonathan,
>>
>> Thank you for posting this. It has been a few years since I last spoke
>> with her, and I read your message with a heavy heart. As you know, I was Ed
>> Wagner's advisee in the '90s, and she had really taken me under her wings.
>> Looking back, I feel she may have appreciated having me around as someone
>> young enough to be a grandson, talking to her in Korean. With me, she
>> shared much about her life, past and then-present. I am sure many on
>> this listserve who knew Namhi shares my sentiment. She will be missed
>> dearly.
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Gene
>>
>> ---
>> Eugene Y. (Gene) Park 朴英鎭
>> Rick and Cathy Trachok Endowed Chair in International Studies and
>> Professor of History
>> Deputy Director, Ozmen Institute for Global Studies
>> University of Nevada, Reno
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>> *From:* Koreanstudies <koreanstudies-bounces at koreanstudies.com> on
>> behalf of Jonathan Best <jbest at wesleyan.edu>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 14, 2023 5:24 PM
>> *To:* koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com <koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com>
>> *Subject:* [KS] Sad news
>>
>> I write with sad news. Namhi Kim Wagner, wife of Ed Wagner and the
>> long-serving Director of the Korean Language Program at Harvard*, *died
>> peacefully in her ninety-ninth year last Thursday, March 9th. Those of us
>> who had the good fortune to know her, know what a remarkable person she was
>> in so many ways including being an exceeding gifted ceramicist who worked
>> innovatively and beautifully within the *punchŏng* tradition.
>>
>> In sorrow,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>>
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