Korean Literature Review Contest Invites Readers To Submit Book Reviews
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2023 Korean Literature Review Contest Poster (LTI Korea) |
The Korean Literature Review Contest, organized by the Korea Literary Translation Institute (LTI Korea), invites enthusiastic readers from around the world to submit their reviews of Korean books.
Applications for exams in English, Chinese, Indonesian, Arabic or Spanish are accepted from Monday to September 30.
The annual competition, which started in 2021, is open to non-Korean citizens aged 14 and over. Participants are invited to view five selected books through written reports, pictures or videos.
To enter, individuals must upload their entries to their social media accounts and provide relevant information on the LTI Korea contest website. Multiple entries are allowed, but only one can win a prize.
The three grand prize winners, regardless of language or category, will receive a trip to Korea in early November, including round-trip airfare, overnight accommodations, and access to special programs jointly organized by the Cultural Services International Content Competition and Talk Talk. a Korean media organization. Korea." The names of the winners will be announced on October 24.
In addition, a total of 120 winners in multiple languages and categories will receive prizes such as a Samsung Galaxy tablet, an e-reader and a $50 Amazon gift card.
Detailed information about the competition is available on the official website. Interviews with selected authors discussing their work are available on LTI Korea's YouTube channel.
For contest purposes, only individual creations without AI assistance may be submitted. Winning entries may be checked for plagiarism, LTI Korea notes.
Five selected books: Cheong Myong Kwang The Whale, Kim Cho Yup If We Can't Move With Speed by Light, Jung Seran The School Nurse Files, About My Daughter by Kim Hye Jin. and "Hope is Lonely" by poet Kim Seung-hee.
These books have received worldwide recognition through international awards, film adaptations and positive reception at literary festivals, LTI Korea reports.
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Clockwise from top left. Jung Myong Kwang's "The Whale" English Edition, Kim Cho Yup's "If We Can't Move at the Speed of Light" Chinese Edition, Kim Seung Hee's "Hope is Alone" Arabic Edition. , the Spanish edition of "About My Daughter" by Kim Hye Jin and the Indonesian edition of "The School Nurse Files" by Chung Serang (Europa Editions, Sichuan Science and Technology Press, Sefsafa Publishing, Fiordo Editorial, Gramedia Penerbit Buku Utama) |
Writer and director Cheon's novel "The Whale" has been nominated for this year's Booker International Prize. According to Booker, the epic adventure satire, which depicts human striving, success and downfall in the lives of three women, has been hailed for "shedding new light on the changes that Korea has undergone during its rapid transition from a pre-modern to a post-modern society. society". . modern". Price:
"If We Can't Travel at the Speed of Light" won gold at China's Xingyun Awards in May for Chinese science fiction translated by the World Chinese Science Fiction Association. The storybook features genetic engineering, space travel, frozen humans, and artificial intelligence in Kim's unique imagination.
Chang's School Nurse Files has been adapted into a Netflix series starring Yoon Yumi and Nam Jo Hyuk. The fantasy comedy is about a school nurse who can perceive people's desires and feelings.
About My Daughter has been nominated for the 2022 Emile Gimme Prize for Asian Literature in France and has been published in several European countries. The book is dedicated to an elderly widowed mother and her daughter, who admitted that they are lesbians.
Poet Kim's Hope Is Alone has attracted considerable attention in the Arabic-speaking world and is a frequent guest at literary festivals and book fairs. The poet approaches the themes of death, hope, depression and love through the prism of femininity.
Hwang Dong Hee (hwangdh@heraldcorp.com)
