Park Kyong-ni Prize (Korean: 박경리 문학상) is an international literary award based in South Korea. It was established in 2011 in honor of Park Kyongni, known for her series Toji.[1] The award was founded and sponsored by the Toji Foundation of Culture.
According to Complete Review, it was established to be the primary international literary award of South Korea.[2] With a cash prize of $100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world.
Winners
edit- 2011 Choi In-hun[3]
- 2012 Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Daniel Stein, interpreter[4]
- 2013 Marilynne Robinson[5]
- 2014 Bernhard Schlink[6]
- 2015 Amos Oz[7]
- 2016 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o[8]
- 2017 A. S. Byatt[9]
- 2018 Richard Ford[10]
- 2019 Ismail Kadare[11]
- 2020 Yun Heunggil[12]
- 2022 Amin Maalouf[13]
- 2023 Christoph Ransmayr[14]
- 2024 Sylvie Germain[15]
References
edit- ^ "Global Literary Award Established in Honor of Late Novelist". KBS WORLD Radio. May 24, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
- ^ "Daniel Stein, Interpreter wins Park Kyung-ni literary prize". complete review. September 30, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
- ^ "Park Kyung-ni Prize First Winner". tojicf.org. September 27, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ Lee Woo-young (October 28, 2012). "Russian author Ulitskaya wins Park Kyung-ni literary prize". koreaherald.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ Julie Jackson (September 26, 2013). "Park Kyung-ni literary prize goes to Robinson". Korea Herald. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ Ahn Sung-mi (September 25, 2014). "Bernhard Schlink wins Park Kyung-ni Literary Prize". Korea Herald. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ^ Gili Izikovich (October 1, 2015). "Amos Oz Picked for South Korea's Top Literary Prize". Haaretz. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ "Ngugi Wa Thiongo wins 6th Pak Kyong-ni Literature Award". donga.com. September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "A.S. Byatt to be awarded 2017 Park Kyong-ni Literature Prize". donga.com. September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
- ^ "Novelist Richard Ford wins eighth Park Kyong-ni Literary Prize". donga.com. September 20, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ 2019 박경리문학상 수상자 이스마일 카다레 Ismail Kadare [Park Kyung-ri Literary Award winner Ismail Kadare 2019]. tojicf.org (in Korean). September 19, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ "Genre fiction likely to lead book trend in 2023". koreatimes. January 3, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ "Lebanese-French Novelist Amin Maalouf Was Awarded The Park Kyung-ni Literary Prize". www.the961.com. September 8, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ "Park Kyong-ni Prize Goes to Writer Christoph Ransmayr of Austria". world.kbs.co.kr. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ Dong-hee, Hwang (September 25, 2024). "French writer Sylvie Germain wins 13th Pak Kyongni Prize". The Korea Herald. Retrieved October 13, 2024.