Borderland Roads - The Selected Poems of Ho Kyun

A poetic record of a seventeenth century Korean who lived through war.

About the author

Kyun Ho (1569-1618) was born into a noble family that for generations served Korea and her kings with distinction. Ho's poetry, stylistically unusual in its time, is a poetry of plainspoken witness. Ho lived through the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592 and 1597, and his poetry is the only record of its kind on these events. Ian Haight was the co-organizer and translator for the UN's global poetry readings held annually in Pusan, Korea from 2002-4. He has been awarded translation grants from the Daesan Foundation, Korea Literary Translation Institute, and Baroboin Buddhist Foundation; in 2003, he was cited for translation excellence by the KLTI. For more information, please visit ianhaight.com. T'ae-yong Ho has been awarded several translation grants from the Daesan Foundation and Korea Literary Translation Institute. Working from the original classical Chinese, his translations of Korean poetry have appeared in Runes, New Orleans Review, and Atlanta Review.

Summary

A poetic record of a seventeenth century Korean who lived through war.

Foreword

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Product details

• Authors: Ho Kyun
• Assisted by: Ian Haight (Translation), Ho T'ae-young (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9781935210085
• ISBN: 978-1-935210-08-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Weight: 156 g
• Series: Korean Voices; Korean Voices
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies