VOL.65/2023.12

 

K-Literature:
The Winners of Major International Literary Awards in 2021

 

2022.02.14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We introduce to you some of the Korean literary works that won major international literary awards in 2021.

 

United Kingdom, The CWA Dagger - Crime Fiction in Translation
The Disaster Tourist (Minumsa Publishing) by Yoon Ko-Eun
Author Yoon Ko-Eun’s The Disaster Tourist won in the Crime Fiction in Translation category of the CWA, UK, for the first time in Asia.
Join the bizarre adventure taking place at the center of a disaster and reconstruction zone.

 

United States, Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work
Yi Sang: Selected Works by Yi Sang
Yi Sang: Selected Works by poet Yi Sang, a famous poet among Koreans, won the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work, US.
The book includes fresh and experimental works that completely overturn the traditional literary system.

 

Sweden, Winner of the 14th Cikada Prize
By poet Kim Hye-Soon
Poet Kim Hye-Soon won the Cikada Prize, which celebrates East Asian artists whose works defend the inviolability of life.
The book talks about the intrinsic values of things through the beauty of modern Korean poetry.

 

We have just met some of the Korean authors and works that raised the reputation of Korean literature across the world last year.
We ask for your continued support for Korean literature and invite you to see how Korean authors continue to mesmerize the world with their works this year as well!

 

 

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