[Personnel] Yoon Jung-mo Appointed as New Chairman of the Korean Writers' Association

Yoon Jung-mo, Novelist

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo Mideum] The Korea Writers' Association, a nonprofit organization, held its 35th regular general meeting on the 26th at Space Walk on the 2nd floor of Gyeongui Line Book Street. Novelist Yoon Jeong-mo and poet Park Gwan-seo were elected as the 21st chairman and secretary-general, respectively. Their terms are three years.

Novelist Yoon Jeong-mo began his literary career in 1968 with the publication of the novel The Patterned Wind, and in 1981, his work Daughters of the Wind Wall won the Women JoongAng magazine's novella contest. He served as the executive director of the Writers' Association (1990?1992), chairman of the Committee for Freedom Practice (1993?1994), and vice president of the Support Committee for Conscientious Prisoners (1990?1994).

He received the Shin Dong-yeop Creative Fund Award in 1988 for his work Light, the Danjae Literary Award in 1993 for the novel Fields, and the Seorabeol Literary Award in 1996 for the novel Dream of a Butterfly.

Poet Park Gwansuh

Poet Park Gwan-seo began his literary career in 1996 with a newcomer recommendation from the quarterly magazine Life, Society, and Literature, and has served as the head of the Gwangju-Jeonnam branch of the Korea Writers' Association. He was an advisory member of the 1st and 2nd Asia Literature Festivals and an editorial board member of the quarterly Blue Thought. Currently, he is an editorial board member of the quarterly Poetry and People. In 1997, he received the 7th Yoon Sang-won Literary Award.

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