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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. 

Articles by Brother Anthony of Taizé

A Poem I Didn’t Name
By Ko Un
Now is a time of national mourning.
Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Lee Sang-Wha
Injeolmi Rice Cakes
By Kim Sa-in
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
By Ko Un
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
By Kim Soo-Bok
At dawn a ship leaves, cutting through her stomach.
Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé
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Winter That Year
By Yi Mun-yol
As the late autumn winds began to blow, the place came alive.
Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé
The Boy in the Cave
By Ko Un
When night fell he kept company with ghosts
Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé & Lee Sang-Wha
A Monk with No Name
By Ko Un
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
By Ko Un
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
By Ko Un
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
By Ko Un
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