Press Conference Held for the 4th and 5th 'Lee Ho-cheol Tongillo Literature Award' Winning Authors

The 4th Award Winner Arundhati Roy from India and the 5th Award Winner Jenny Erpenbeck from Germany Attend... Two Authors Representing Keywords of the Vulnerable Share Acceptance Speeches and Q&A Session

5th Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award Winner, Jenny Erpenbeck's Press Conference

4th Iho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award Winner Arundhati Roy Press Conference

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] The 4th and 5th 'Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Awards' press conference was held on the morning of the 25th at the Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul.

The 'Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award' was first established in 2017 by Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) to honor the literary activities and unification aspirations of the late writer Lee Ho-cheol, a towering figure in unification literature.

At this press conference, Arundhati Roy from India, the 4th award recipient who participated remotely last year due to COVID-19, and Jenny Erpenbeck from Germany, the 5th award recipient, both attended together.

Arundhati Roy is an ecological thinker and novelist who addresses global issues we face such as the vulnerable, conflicts, and the environment with outstanding imagination and beautiful language, and is active in environmental movements and anti-globalization activities.

Arundhati Roy stated in her acceptance speech, "I will use this award as a driving force to continue creating works concerning justice and peace for socially vulnerable groups such as human rights, women, agriculture, and the environment."

Also, Jenny Erpenbeck, the 5th award recipient, is from former East Germany and is one of the authors whose status is rising in the unified German literary scene, surviving with persistent vitality after unification.

Jenny Erpenbeck expressed her gratitude, saying, "I am very happy to receive a literary award honoring the late writer Lee Ho-cheol, who was also a writer of the divided nation."

Now in its 5th year, the 'Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award' selects recipients among writers who strive to overcome problems caused by race, discrimination, violence, and war through literary practice, and interest in the award is increasing every year.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, "I thank the two authors for their dedication to overcoming issues such as conflict, violence, and gender discrimination through their literary works," and added, "Please continue to show interest in the Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award so that it can contribute to spreading the values of peace and harmony."

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