Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ko, Ŭn, 1933-, poet, born Ko Untae
Description area
Dates of existence
1933-
History
Born in 1933 in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, Korea, Ko Un is Korea’s foremost living writer. After immense suffering during the Korean War, he became a Buddhist monk. His first poems were published in 1958, his first collection in 1960. A few years ... Read more