Gwangyang Yonggang Library Hosts Local Author Book Talk

Gwangyang Writers Book Talk Featuring Authors An Young and Park Hye-gang

Gwangyang Yonggang Library in Jeollanam-do announced that it will host the "Gwangyang Writers We Loved Book Talk" by inviting current local writers Ahn Young and Park Hye-gang at Maro Theater at 2 PM on the 18th and 25th of this month.

This event is part of the "Resident Writer Support Project" and will be moderated by Park Du-gyu, a children's literature writer and resident writer at Yonggang Library.

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Since August, Yonggang Library has been running a literary program called "Reading the Gwangyang Writers We Loved," which involves reading works by five representative writers from Gwangyang. This book talk is organized to allow participants to meet and communicate directly with the authors of the works covered in the literary program.

On the 18th, writer Ahn Young, author of Eternal Moonlight: Shin Saimdang, will meet citizens under the theme "My Literature, My Hometown."

Ahn, originally from Jinwol, Gwangyang, has been gaining attention for her consistent literary achievements since her debut in 1965.

Notably, in August, she demonstrated her enduring talent by winning the 12th Hwang Sun-won Literary Award Writer's Prize in 2023 for her novel Meeting, That Mystery.

Following this, on the 25th, there will be a meeting with writer Park Hye-gang. Park, from Jinsang, Gwangyang, has served as the president of the Gwangju-Jeonnam Writers' Association and the Gwangju-Jeonnam Novelists' Association. Her representative works include Black Sunset, Unju, Bicycle Trip, and Maecheon Hwang Hyun.

During the book talk, she will discuss "My Literature - What is Literature?" focusing on the true meaning of literature and who writers of our era are.

Kim Mira, head of the library, said, "This special lecture is a meaningful opportunity to communicate directly with writers from Gwangyang and is expected to positively influence the creation of literary demand in the region," urging citizens to show great interest and participation.

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