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, best 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 prized in the world.

Winners

• 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]

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. Ludmila Ulitskaya (September 29, 2012). "Russian author of Holocaust novel scoops global literary award". RT. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
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.