| Back to Heaven: Selected Poems of Ch'on Sang Pyong Contributor(s): Ch'on, Sang Pyong (Author), Anthony of Taize, Brother (Translator), Kim, Young-Moo (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1885445695 ISBN-13: 9781885445698 Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Literary Collections | Asian - General - Poetry | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 895 |
| Series: Cornell East Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.35" W x 8.71" (0.81 lbs) 142 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These poems by the happiest man in the world are full of light though written in dark times. Ch'ôn had the art of seeing the beauty of life beyond all the pain, and of putting it into the music of words. Recently, many young Koreans have discovered in these poems and in the poet's life the innocence and honesty they look for in vain in modern society. His poverty and his body broken by torture never made Ch'ôn bitter or angry; his poems are hymns of joy at the marvels of nature and the simple pleasures of life. His greatest poem sees death, not as the end but as a journey back to heaven where he plans to tell the angels how beautiful life in this world can be. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brother Anthony of Taize, Brother Anthony of: - Brother Anthony of Taizé (An Sonjae) was born in 1942 in the UK. He studied Medieval and Modern Languages at Oxford and in 1969 he joined the Taizé Community in France. He taught English literature at Sogang University, Seoul, for nearly three decades. He is emeritus professor at Sogang University and chair-professor at Dankook University. Since 1990 he has published more than forty volumes of translated works by such esteemed Korean authors as Ku Sang, Ko Un, Cheon Sang-byeong, Shin Kyeong-nim, Park Yuhui, Yi Mun-yol, and Do Jong-hwan. Since January 2011 he has been president of the Royal Asiatic Society s Korea branch. He received the Korean government s Award of Merit, Jade Crown class, in October 2008 for his work to spread knowledge of Korean literature throughout the world. In 2015 he was awarded an honorary MBE (Member of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth for his contributions to Anglo- Korean relations. Robert D. Neff is a freelancer writer and historical researcher specializing in Korean history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His writings have appeared in various newspapers, and books including Korean through Western Eyes, Westerner s Life in Korea, Christian Science Monitor, Royal Asiatic Society-Korea Branch Transactions, Korea Times, Korea Herald and Jeju Weekly. |