7th Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award Grand Prize, Japan's Medoruma Shun

The 7th Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award grand prize was awarded to Japanese writer Medoruma Shun, Eunpyeong-gu announced on the 7th. The special prize went to writer Jin Eun-young.

The Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award was established to honor the literary achievements and unification aspirations of the late writer Lee Ho-cheol, who dedicated himself to unification literature. Eunpyeong-gu, where the writer lived for over 50 years during his lifetime, took the lead in establishing the literary award in 2017.

7th Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award Grand Prize Winner Medoruma Shun
[Photo by Eunpyeong-gu]

Medoruma Shun, a recipient of the Akutagawa Prize and a representative figure in Japanese literature, is regarded as a "literary activist" writer. The organizers stated that his literary emphasis on the colonial discrimination and oppression faced by Okinawa, as well as the issue of U.S. military bases stationed there, aligned with the purpose of the Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award.

Regarding special prize winner Jin Eun-young, she was praised for expressing the role of citizens through delicate metaphoric poetic beauty and outstanding reflection.

The award ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on the 12th of next month at the Jingwansa Korean Culture Experience Center.

Kim Mi-kyung, mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, "I hope that through the Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award, the values of peace and harmony will spread around us," and added, "We will do our best to ensure that the Lee Ho-cheol Unification Road Literary Award can also develop as a pillar supporting stable creative activities for literary artists. We ask for your continued support in the future."

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