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Brother Anthony of Taizé

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Brother Anthony of Taizé

Brother Anthony of Taizé was born in Cornwall (UK) in 1942, He studied medieval European literature at the University of Oxford. A member of the Community of Taizé since 1969, he has been living in Korea since 1980. He is now an Emeritus Professor of Sogang University (Seoul) and a Chair-Professor at Dankook University....

A prolific translator, since 1990 he has published some fifty volumes of translations of Korean literature, mostly contemporary poetry. He took Korean citizenship in 1994. He received the Korean government’s Award of Merit (Culture) in 2008. In 2015 he was awarded an honorary MBE by Queen Elizabeth.

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Articles by Brother Anthony of Taizé

A Poem I Didn’t Name

Now is a time of national mourning.

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Lee Sang-Wha

Injeolmi Rice Cakes

I would collapse on the warm floor and sleep like a cat.

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Susan Hwang

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Gamak Valley

If an unfamiliar man appears, their eyes light up.

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Lee Sang-Wha

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My Wife’s Magic

By Shim Bo-Seon

I want to live in a world that’s perfect like magic.

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Eun-Gwi Chung

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Earning My Keep

By Jeong Ho-Seung

I think I'll go pay a visit to Hell.

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Susan Hwang

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Mud Flats

At dawn a ship leaves, cutting through her stomach.

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé

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Winter That Year

As the late autumn winds began to blow, the place came alive.

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé

Passing Through Seongeup Village

By Lee Si-Young

I gaze into a horse’s virtuous eyes

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Yoo Hui-Sok

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Writing Poems without Meaning

Sham-seeming life / gauze-mask-like thoughts

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé

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The Boy in the Cave

When night fell he kept company with ghosts

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Lee Sang-Wha

A Monk with No Name

Buddha, don’t stay in a temple like this.

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Lee Sang-Wha

The Novice at Songgwang Temple

Just then heavy drops of rain began falling / from clouds covering the whole of Jogye Mountain.

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé, Young-Moo Kim & Gary G. Gach

The Little Spring

Without its little spring,what would make Yongtun Village a village?Endlessly, snowflakes fallinto the spring’s dark watersand dissolve.What still still stillness,as Yang-sul’s wife,covered…

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé, Young-Moo Kim & Gary G. Gach

The Moon

After her son was born, Wol-nam's mother / would lose her mind

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé, Young-Moo Kim & Gary G. Gach