'The 40th Daegu City Culture Awards' Ceremony... 7 Awardees Hold Meeting in Discussion Format

7 Selected in 7 Categories: Academia & Arts (I, II), Literature, Journalism, Education, and Physical Education

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City selected seven individuals who contributed to the development of local culture and arts as recipients of the '40th Daegu Metropolitan City Culture Award' and held an award ceremony combined with a meeting on the 21st, inviting them.

The award ceremony was held in a modest atmosphere in the form of a meeting in the city hall's large conference room amid the COVID-19 situation.

Established in 1981, the 'Daegu Metropolitan City Culture Award' is the highest traditional and prestigious award in Daegu's cultural field, given to those who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of local culture and arts and the creative development of traditional culture. Up to last year, a total of 253 people have received the award over 39 sessions.

This year, in the Academic I (Humanities and Social Sciences) category, Professor Lee Jang-woo of Kyungpook National University, who participated in the establishment of the Daegu International Musical Festival (DIMF) in 2007 and has served as the chairman of DIMF since 2019, was selected. In the Arts I (Spatial Arts) category, painter Nam Chung-mo (former professor at Yeungjin College), who has worked to discover promising new artists in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, was chosen.

In the Arts II (Performing Arts) category, Professor Byun In-sook of Yeungnam University (majoring in Dance), who contributed to reestablishing Daegu as a performing arts city by founding the Daegu Living Dance Association and joining the Daegu Sports Council, was selected. In the Literature category, Sijo poet Lee Jeong-hwan, who contributed to expanding the base of sijo literature, was chosen.

In the Media category, Kim Ki-hyun, head of the news department at KBS Daegu Broadcasting Headquarters, was selected. In the Education category, Professor Emeritus Park Yoon-bae of Kyungpook National University, who has greatly contributed to the academic development of science education by publishing 92 papers in domestic and international journals and 15 books, was chosen.

In the Sports category, Kim Byung-woo, former secretary-general of the Seok Welfare Foundation, who participated as a national representative in wheelchair athletics at the 8th Seoul Paralympics (winning one silver and two bronze medals), received the Sports Medal 'Baekmajang' and has continuously participated as a member of the Daegu City Sports Mid- to Long-term Development Plan Committee, was honored.

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