Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace

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]

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 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

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The Grand Prize Laureate

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Year Name Nationality
2024 Anna Burns[6] Ireland
2023 Medoruma Shun[7][8] Japan
2022 Yan Lianke[9][10] China
2021 Jenny Erpenbeck[11] Germany
2020 Arundhati Roy[12][13] India
2019 Nuruddin Farah[14][15][16] Somalia/The Republic of South Africa
2018 Sahar Khalifeh[17] Palestine
2017 Kim Suk-bum[18] Korea/Japan

The Special Award Laureate

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Year Name Title
2024 Kim Mella[19] High Sense of the Nonexistent Floor
2023 Jin Eun-young[20] And I Love You like an Old Street
2022 Jang Mari[21][22] The Strangers in Siberia
2021 Sim Yun-kyung[23] Eternal Heritage
2020 Kim Hye-jin[24] The Work of No.9
2019 Kim Chong-kwang[25] Let's Go on a Picnic
2018 Song Kyung-dong[26] I Am Not a Korean
2017 Kim Sum[27] One Person

References

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  3. ^ "THE PAST PRIZE LAUREATES". LLPP Official Website.
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  7. ^ 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.
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  13. ^ "내가 사는 세계에 대해 글 쓰는 게 작가의 할 일이죠". 한겨레. (In Korean) 10 Nov 2020. Retrieved 09 Dec 2020.
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