Ko Un's poetry volume – Ten Thousand Lives (Source: hanoimoi.com.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – A talk withKo Un, a famous poet from the Republic of Korea, was held in Hanoi on December5 where he introduced his renowned poetry volume – Ten Thousand Lives.
The event was organised by theVietnam Writers’ Association (VWA).
Speaking at the event, VWA VicePresident Nguyen Quang Thieu said the VWA Publishing House has published twovolumes of Ko Un’s poems so far, including “Ten Thousand Lives” which werelaunched in Vietnam last year.
The event provides an opportunity forthe publishing house to introduce the Korean poet’s life and works and for thepoem lovers to listen to him reading his works and learn about his outlook forliterature and life, Thieu noted.
Korean Ambassador to Vietnam LeeHuyk, for his part, said lives of people in the book reflect the poet’s 85-yearjourney of life and the RoK’s development. He hoped that poems of Ko Un willattract more interest of Vietnamese people, particularly those from the “TenThousand Lives”, in the future.
Ko Un was born in 1933 in Gunsancity, Jeohbuk, the Republic of Korea. He does write poems and novels and travelguides. He has to date published more than 150 books in 33 languages. He hasbeen nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for many times.-VNA
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