Ko Un

thumb|That flowerseen as I went down—as I was coming upI couldn't see it thumb|sarong parasurat Ko Un (born 1 August 1933) is a South Korean poet. Quotes That flowerseen as I went down—as I was coming upI couldn't see it Flowers of a Moment (2006), p. 46 Quotes about Ko Un thumb|Ko Un hugged all the germs of Korean society with his entire body, and contracted its diseases. ~ Kim Seung-Hee Ko Un hugged all the germs of Korean society with his entire body, and contracted its diseases. He threw his body into the wilderness of Korea's past and dreamed of a new Korea, another future. Kim Seung-Hee, The Korea Times, 14 October 2005, as partially quoted in Quote Poet Unquote: Contemporary Quotations on Poets and Poetry (Copper Canyon Press, 2008) by Dennis O'Driscoll, p. 204, and in full in Encyclopedia.com External links Category:1933 births Category:Living people Category:Buddhists from South Korea Category:Poets from South Korea