고은 『만인보』25년만에 빛을 보다

 

Ko Un completes 'Maninbo', setting a landmark

 

2010-04-16

 

Back in 1986, Ko Un revealed what he wanted to achieve with “Maninbo” (Ten Thousand Lives) in the preface for the first volume: “My encounter with others is far from personal. It’s essentially public, and this public nature makes it necessary to prevent my encounters in life from fading into forgetfulness. Even a casual encounter contains a historical inevitability.”

 

The renowned poet did not give up on his conviction about the “Maninbo” project, and finally completed the landmark series last week, setting a milestone that illustrates his lifelong poetic endeavor as well as the turbulent history of Korea itself.

 

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