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Ko Un, professor emeritus at DKU, named this year’s international poet by Fondazione Roma
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Date 2017.02.02
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Poet Ko Un, Dankook University professor emeritus at the Department of Creative Writing, will receive the International Poet award from the Fondazione Roma, a foundation based in Italy, during its annual Ritratti di Poesia international poetry festival.

The award ceremony will be held during the festival that will take place from February 1st to 4th at the Temple of Hadrian and the Piazza di Pietra. The award will be presented by Italy’s minister of culture and the Chairman of the foundation while professor Ko is expected to give a reception speech and poetry reading at the ceremony.

Italy’s Fondazione Roma is a private organization that sponsors areas such as cultural arts, education and welfare. Its poetry festival has been held annually since 2006. The International Poet Award has been awarded since 2014, and professor Ko Un will be honored as the fourth laureate following Adam Zagajewski (Poland), Jacobo Cortines (Spain) and Carol Ann Duffy (UK).

Professor Ko’s most recent work of poems was published in a new book last year while he plans to meet with readers in Europe after releasing a revised edition of ‘White Butterfly’ and ‘Maninbo’ in Sweden this coming April.