Choi Jaewon’s "Narang Hago Sipeunge Mwoeyeo?" Wins Kim Suyeong Literary Award

Poet Choi Jaewon

Poet Choi Jaewon’s “Narang hago sipeunge mwoeyeo?” was selected for the 40th Kim Su-young Literary Award. Minumsa announced on the 10th that, in addition to this work, fifty-nine other pieces were chosen as award winners. The prize money is 10 million won. A poetry collection will also be published within the year. Jury member Lee Sumeong (poet and literary critic) described “Narang hago sipeunge mwoeyeo?” as “distinctly outstanding in its boldness to directly engage with everyday life and the secular.” Jury member Jo Gangseok (literary critic) said, “The strength to not miss what is captured by the clock of thought and to push it to the end, along with the harmony of images that boldly vary the rhythm of that thought, stood out.” Poet Choi was born in Geoje-do and grew up in Changwon, Hoengseong, New York, and Seoul. He studied physics and visual arts at Princeton University. At the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, he also painted. His first poem was “Saipon” in 2019.

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