Park Kyong-ni Prize

Park Kyong-ni Prize (Korean: 박경리 문학상) is an international literary award based in South Korea. It was established in 2011 in honor of Park Kyung-ni, known for her series Toji.^[1] The award was founded and sponsored by the Toji Foundation of Culture.

According to Complete Review, it was established to be the primary international literary award of South Korea.^[2] With a cash prize of $100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world.

Winners

 

Ismail Kadare

• 2011 Choi In-hun^[3]
• 2012 Ludmila Ulitskaya, Daniel Stein, interpreter^[4]
• 2013 Marilynne Robinson^[5]
• 2014 Bernhard Schlink^[6]
• 2015 Amos Oz^[7]
• 2016 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o^[8]
• 2017 A. S. Byatt^[9]
• 2018 Richard Ford^[10]
• 2019 Ismail Kadare^[11]
• 2020 Yun Heunggil
• 2022 Amin Maalouf

References

1. "Global Literary Award Established in Honor of Late Novelist". KBS WORLD Radio. May 24, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
2. "Daniel Stein, Interpreter wins Park Kyung-ni literary prize". complete review. September 30, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
3. "Park Kyung-ni Prize First Winner". tojicf.org. September 27, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
4. Lee Woo-young (October 28, 2012). "Russian author Ulitskaya wins Park Kyung-ni literary prize". koreaherald.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
5. Julie Jackson (September 26, 2013). "Park Kyung-ni literary prize goes to Robinson". Korea Herald. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
6. Ahn Sung-mi (September 25, 2014). "Bernhard Schlink wins Park Kyung-ni Literary Prize". Korea Herald. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
7. Gili Izikovich (October 1, 2015). "Amos Oz Picked for South Korea's Top Literary Prize". Haaretz. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
8. "Ngugi Wa Thiongo wins 6th Pak Kyong-ni Literature Award". donga.com. September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
9. "A.S. Byatt to be awarded 2017 Park Kyong-ni Literature Prize". donga.com. September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
10. "Novelist Richard Ford wins eighth Park Kyong-ni Literary Prize". donga.com. September 20, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
11. 2019 박경리문학상 수상자 이스마일 카다레 Ismail Kadare [Park Kyung-ri Literary Award winner Ismail Kadare 2019]. tojicf.org (in Korean). September 19, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.