Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace

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Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace
Awarded forA writer whose works have dealt with themes of peace in human society
Sponsored byEunpyeong-gu District Office (Seoul)
CountryRepublic of Korea
Hosted byOrganizing Committee
First awarded2017
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The Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace (Korean: 이호철 통일로 문학상) is an international literary award which takes place in South Korea annually in order to recognize the power of literature to promote peace. There are two awards: the main Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace, and a Special Award that is given to an young and upcoming Korean writer. The main prize winner receives a monetary sum of 50 million won, while the Special Award winner receives 20 million won.[1][2][3]

The Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace was established in 2017 by the Eunpyeong-gu District Office of Seoul, South Korea, in honor of the author Lee Ho-cheol.[4] Lee Ho-chul is a symbolic figure whose literary works reflect a deep longing for peace and the reunification of Korean peninsula.[5]

Recipients[edit]

The Grand Prize Laureate[edit]

Year Name Nationality
2023 Medoruma Shun[6][7] Japan
2022 Yan Lianke[8][9] China
2021 Jenny Erpenbeck[10] Germany
2020 Arundhati Roy[11][12] India
2019 Nuruddin Farah[13][14][15] Somalia/The Republic of South Africa
2018 Sahar Khalifeh[16] Palestine
2017 Kim Suk-bum[17] Korea/Japan

The Special Award Laureate[edit]

Year Name Title
2023 Jin Eun-young[18] And I Love You like an Old Street
2022 Jang Mari[19][20] The Strangers in Siberia
2021 Sim Yun-kyung[21] Eternal Heritage
2020 Kim Hye-jin[22] The Work of No.9
2019 Kim Chong-kwang[23] Let's Go on a Picnic
2018 Song Kyung-dong[24] I Am Not a Korean
2017 Kim Sum[25] One Person

References[edit]

  1. ^ "About the Award". LLPP Official Website.
  2. ^ 이호철 통일로 문학상의 의미는?. news.joins.com. (In Korean) 06 Sep 2017. Retrieved 21 Sep 2020.
  3. ^ "THE PAST PRIZE LAUREATES". LLPP Official Website.
  4. ^ 은평구, 이호철 통일로 문학상 제정 선포. 시사경제신문. (In Korea) 07 Sep 2017. Retrieved 23 Sep 2020.
  5. ^ "About the Writer: Lee Ho-Cheol". Korean Literature Now (in Korean). 20 Oct 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. ^ 芥川賞の目取真さんに韓国文学賞「沖縄から東アジア平和へ努力」. Kyodo. (In Japanese) 11 Sep 2023. Retrieved 05 Oct 2023.
  7. ^ "이호철통일로문학상에 '오키나와의 작가' 메도루마 슌". 한겨레. (In Korean) 07 Aug 2023. Retrieved 05 Oct 2023.
  8. ^ 이호철문학상 수상 옌롄커 “작가의 예술·투쟁 정신 충만한 상”. 한겨레. (In Korean) 28 Sep 2022. Retrieved 10 Oct 2022.
  9. ^ "Yan Lianke: "China es el país más peculiar del universo"". SWI. (In Spanish) 28 Sep 2022. Retrieved 10 Oct 2022.
  10. ^ ‘이호철통일로문학상’ 본상 예니 에르펜베크. 한겨레. (In Korean) 15 Nov 2021. Retrieved 13 Dec 2021.
  11. ^ "Arundhati Roy Receives Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace: Report". (In English) 21 Nov 2020. Retrieved 09 Dec 2020.
  12. ^ "내가 사는 세계에 대해 글 쓰는 게 작가의 할 일이죠". 한겨레. (In Korean) 10 Nov 2020. Retrieved 09 Dec 2020.
  13. ^ 제3회 이호철 문학상...'누르딘 파라' 수상. YTN. (In Korean) 28 Aug 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  14. ^ Murua, James (29 August 2019). "Nuruddin Farah receives Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace 2019". Writing Africa. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Somali Writer Nuruddin Farah Wins 2019 Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace". eelive. (In English) 30 Aug 2019. Retrieved 16 Sep 2020.
  16. ^ 사하르 칼리파 '이호철 통일로 문학상' 수상. YTN. (In Korean) 14 Sep 2018. Retrieved 16 Sep 2020.
  17. ^ 제1회 이호철 통일로 문학상'에 김석범 작가 선정. news.joins.com. (In Korean) 6 Sep 2017. Retrieved 21 Sep 2020.
  18. ^ 이호철통일로문학상 특별상에 진은영 시인. 연합뉴스스. (In Korean) 11 Sep 2023. Retrieved 5 Oct 2023.
  19. ^ [포토]제6회 이호철통일로문학상 기자회견 장마리 작가 수상소감. News-paper. (In Korean) 28 Sep 2022. Retrieved 10 Oct 2022.
  20. ^ "옌롄커·장마리, 체제와 이념을 넘어선 인간의 가치와 본질 탐구에 부합". News1. (In Korean) 28 Sep 2022. Retrieved 10 Oct 2022.
  21. ^ 이호철통일로문학상에 예니 에르펜베크-심윤경. MUNHAKNEWS. (In Korean) 15 Nov 2021. Retrieved 13 Dec 2021.
  22. ^ 은평구, '제4·5회 이호철통일로문학상 시상식' 개최. Siminilbo. (In Korean) 15 Nov 2021. Retrieved 13 Dec 2021.
  23. ^ 김종광, 이호철통일로문학상 특별상 수상. Yonhap News. (In Korean) 28 Aug 2019. Retrieved 23 Sep 2020.
  24. ^ 송경동 시인 제2회 이호철통일로문학상 특별상 수상. Changbi Publishers. (In Korean) 18 Sep 2018. Retrieved 23 Sep 2020.
  25. ^ 이호철통일로문학상 김석범·김숨 첫 수상…분단상징 DMZ서 시상. news1. (In Korean) 17 Sep 2017. Retrieved 21 Sep 2020.

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