The Poetry Center at Smith College presents
Readings by Ko Un, Korean writer
Tuesday, April 20 @ 7:30 PM
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
http://www.smith.edu/poetrycenter/readings/index.html

The most prolific Korean living writer, praised by Allen Ginsberg as “a magnificent poet,” Ko Un is a beloved cultural figure who has helped to shape contemporary literature. Ko Un’s remarkable life is reflected in the many lives his literary output embodies—peasant, village boy and student, army conscript, Sôn monk, schoolteacher, depressive, political activist arrested and imprisoned many times, and author of more than one hundred volumes of poetry, fiction, essays, translations, and drama. He is frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

David McCann, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature at Harvard University, will introduce Ko Un and give a short talk on his poetry in the context of Korean literature.

Supported by the Lecture Committee, the Ada Howe Kent Fund, the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures, the Korean American Students of Smith, and the Daesan Foundation.