Park (Korean surname)

Park(박) is a notable Korean surname, traditionally founded by King Hyeokgeose Park (박혁거세) and theoretically inclusive of all his descendants. In Chinese characters (Hanja), it is written as 朴, which is the simplified version of 樸(pu). The name "Park" is usually assumed to come from the Korean noun 박 bak, which means "bottle gourd," or the Korean adjective stem 밝 balk-, which means "bright." In Chinese, it is read as follows: piáo, pǔ, pò, pō. In Korean(박), it is read as 'bak'.

Founding legend

According to Samguk Sagi, a white horse led a village chief to the location of a big egg, and King Hyeokgeose was said to have been hatched from it amid rays of light. the ray of light, or radiance, in pure Korean, "박" is pronounced "Park" or "Bhak". The Chinese character "朴" (pronounced piao in Mandarin and boku in Japanese) was chosen in antiquity to represent the sound. And since 樸 is the traditional character for 朴, they are used together.

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Pi O

П. O. (or Pi O, born 1951) is a Greek-Australian, working class, anarchist, poet.

Born in Katerini, Greece, П. O. came to Australia with his family around 1954. After time in Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre, the family moved to the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.

П. O. was inspired to start writing poetry in 1973 when he heard Johnny Cash reciting (religious) poetry while tuning his guitar. П. O. thought he could do as well or better. His work ranges from standup-type rants to 'conceptual' page poetry and concrete poetry, with a heavy emphasis on wordplay and capturing the vitality of everyday speech. Thematically, he commonly portrays the issues of non-Anglo-Celtic working class life.

His first published book, Fitzroy Brothel, was released in 1974. From 1978 to 1983, he was involved in producing the radical poetry magazine 925. After the publication of several more collections, his 740-page epic poem 24hrs was published in 1996 by Collective Effort Press.

He is a fixture of Melbourne's performance poetry scene and has edited an anthology of performance poetry (Off the Record) for Penguin. His most recent book is Big Numbers: New and Selected Poems (2008). He currently edits the literary journal Unusual Work.