Park Sang-jae Appointed as Chairman of the Korean Children's Literature Association

The Korea Children's Literature Association announced on the 16th that at the regular general meeting held on the 15th, writer Park Sang-jae was elected as the 11th chairman. The term is three years. Chairman Park is a children's story writer and literary critic. He began his literary career by winning the Monthly Children's Literature Newcomer Award (1981) and the Saebot Literature Award (1983). His representative works include children's stories featured in elementary school textbooks such as "The Oak Tree That Loved the Cuckoo" and "Grandpa Yeon," as well as "Monkey Macaca" and "The Child Who Became an Ant." He has received the Korea Children's Literature Award, Bang Jeong-hwan Literature Award, and Han Jeong-dong Children's Literature Award. He has served as president of the Korea Children's Literature Society, adjunct professor at Korea National University of Education, and visiting professor at Dankook University Graduate School, and currently publishes "Children's Literature Trends."

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