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Daesan Creative Writing Funds
HISTORY
2008
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Grants from the Daesan Creative Writing Fund are designed to help develop the wide range of creative writing genres and to strengthen Korean literature by discovering and fostering talented new writers. Grants are given to writers who have been active for less than ten years in each of the five categories of poetry, fiction, drama, criticism, and children's literature; their works are collected, the beneficiaries chosen. The selected writers receive a grant of 10 million won, and the award-winning works are publicized upon publication.
In 2008, 339 works were proposed and several prominent writers evaluated each category. As a result, a total of eight writers in addition to Lee Kyungsoo of Literature beyond the Literature in the criticism category, received awards in the five categories, representing a total of 90 million won, each winner being awarded 10 million one. While copyright and all other rights remain entirely the property of the authors, the winning authors are obligated to publish the award-winning work within the year. The foundation aims to launch a "Daesan Creative Writing Fund Series" which will be published in major domestic publishing companies. Certificates of support for the award-winning works were presented in a ceremony in the auditorium on the 10th floor of the Kyobo Building on September 10. In 2008, seven books that had received funding including three books of poetry, two fiction novels, and two dramas were published.
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These grants are designed to support institutions or individuals in foreign countries involved in the study of some aspect of Korean literature; grants are given to stimulate the study of Korean literature overseas and to spark interest in Korean culture and literature across the world, in addition to disseminating pertinent information and knowledge. Grants are given for the study, translation and publication of books about Korean literature; to provide support for academic conferences on Korean literature; to provide scholarships for students majoring in Korean literature; and for the acquisition of Korean literature.
In 2008, 24 applications were received, and priority was given to projects designed to promote Korean literature abroad. As a result, fourteen projects were approved, including six translation and publication projects including the Japanese translation and publication of the Literary World of Kim Girim, three translation projects including the Chinese translation of Sim Cheong 1,2 by Hwang Seokyeong and two other projects, one study project that studied "The Origin and Development of Modern Korean Poetry" written in Chinese, one scholarship project that studied "A Comparative Study of Korean and Chinese Literary Works Regarding the Manbosan Incident", and three other projects including funding given to Notre Dame University for the teaching of Korean literature and two other projects. Furthermore, six books including Landscape Korean Poetry were translated and published in Bulgarian, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Urdu among other languages.