Announcement of Yi Sang Literary Award Winner Postponed... Author Kim Geum-hee Declines Award

Novelist Kim Geum-hee [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] The announcement of the winner of the 44th Lee Sang Literary Award 2020, scheduled for the 6th, has been postponed. This is because writer Kim Geum-hee, who was selected as the Excellence Award winner, refused to accept the award.

The publishing company Munhak Sasang, which organizes the Lee Sang Literary Award, announced on the morning of the 6th that the winner announcement scheduled for noon that day would be postponed.

Munhak Sasang had planned to hold a press conference at a restaurant in Gwanghwamun at noon to announce the Grand Prize and Excellence Award winners of the 44th Lee Sang Literary Award and conduct an interview with the Grand Prize winner. However, controversy arose as writer Kim Geum-hee refused the award by raising objections to the transfer of copyright.

A representative of Munhak Sasang stated, "We need time to organize our position regarding the refusal of the award," and added, "We will reschedule and announce the new date soon."

Novelist Kim Geum-hee refused the Lee Sang Literary Award, stating that she could not accept the demand from Munhak Sasang to transfer the copyright of her award-winning work for three years.

Kim Geum-hee is the author of Gyeong-ae-ui Maeum and Neomu Hannat-ui Yeonae, and has received the Hyundai Literary Award, Shin Dong-yup Literary Award, and Young Writers Award, among others.

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