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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Ko Won papers
Creator:
Ko, Wŏn, 1925-
Identifier/Call Number: 3328
Physical Description:
6.33 Linear Feet
9 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1950-2006
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of Korean-American poet, human rights activist, and professor Ko Sung-Won (1925-2008).
Language of Material:
Korean,
English.
Advance notice required for access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Young Ah Ko, 2018.
Ko Sung-Won (1925-2008), known by the pen name Ko Won, was born and educated in Korea before studying in England and immigrating
to the United States in 1964. He received an MFA from the University of Iowa and a PhD in Comparative Literature from New
York University. He was an associate professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and later taught at the University
of California, Riverside, and the University of La Verne. Ko published his own poetry and translations of poetry in English
and Korean.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Ko Won papers, Collection no. 3328, Korean Heritage Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern
California.
Initial processing by Jiin Park in October 2020. Work included arrangement, physical re-housing of materials, and the creation
of this finding aid. This collection is not fully processed.
This collection contains the papers of Korean-American poet, human rights activist, and professor Ko Sung-Won (1925-2008).
Materials include papers related to the Korean democracy movement that Ko Won participated in, dating from the 1970s and 1980s,
with many files relating to Korean poet, dissident, and political prisoner Kim Chi-ha. There are also files related to Ko's
involvement and writing for the literary and humanitarian organization PEN American Center/ West. The collection also contains
manuscript drafts and published writings by Ko and some correspondence, notes, transcripts, class materials, some files related
to book projects, photographs, and a sketchbook.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Korean Heritage Library
at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Korean Heritage Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Korean Americans -- Archives
Poets, Korean -- Archival resources
Democracy -- Korea (South) -- Archival resources
Ko, Wŏn, 1925- -- Archives
Kim, Chi-ha, 1941-