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in 1954, is one of the leading publishing companies in the literary field and has been publishing the nation's most prestigious monthly
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'' Hyundae Munhak'' and a wide range of books on humanities and arts. Hyundae Munhak also presents annual
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, which are among the most prestigious in Korea. About this award, the company says: :The company Contemporary Literature annually honors the year's most outstanding works in fiction, poetry and criticism through its annual Contemporary Literature Prize, one of the most coveted literary awards in Korea, to encourage creative spirit of the literary elites of the nation. :The magazine Contemporary Literature has been playing the role of steering wheel in the history of modern Korean literature, is available in major libraries across the world, and serves as the most reliable source for the study of contemporary Korean literature.


Award Winners: Fiction

* 1956 Son Changseop 「血書」「未解決의 章」「人間動物園抄」 * 1957 Kim Gwangsik 「二一三號 住宅」 * 1958
Park Kyung-ni Pak, Kyongni or Bak, Kyoungli (December 2, 1926 – May 5, 2008) was a prominent South Korean novelist. She was born in Tōei, Keishōnan-dō, Chōsen (today Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea); later she lived in Wonju, Gangwo ...
「不信時代」「玲珠와 고양이」 * 1959 Lee Beomseon 「갈매기」「死亡保留」 * 1960 Seo Giwon 「孕胎期」「오늘과 내일」 * 1961 O Yugwon 「異域의 山莊」 * 1962
Lee Ho-cheol Yi Hocheol (; 15 March 1932 – 18 September 2016) was a South Korean writer who won several awards. Life Yi Hocheol was born on 15 March 1932 in Wonsan, Hamgyeongnam-do, North Korea, and lived through the tragedy of the ideological conflict in ...
「板門店」 * 1963 Kwon Taeung 「假主人散調」 * 1964 Han Malsook 「흔적」「광대 김서방」 * 1965 Lee Munhui 장편『墨麥』 * 1966 Lee Gwangsuk 「卓子의 位置」「賭博師」 * 1967 Choi Sanggyu 「下午의 巡遊」「寒春無事」 * 1968 Jung Eulbyeong 「아데나이의 碑銘」 * 1969 Song Sangok 「熱病」 * 1970 Yoo Hyeonjong 「유다 行傳」 * 1971 Park Sunnyeo 「어떤 巴里」 * 1972 Choi In-ho 「處世術槪論」「他人의 房」 * 1973
Song Gisuk Song Gisuk (Hangul: 송기숙; 5 July 1935 – 5 December 2021) was a South Korean writer of novels, short stories, and essay. Life Song Gisuk was born on 5 July 1935 in Changhung, Jeollanam-do, Korea. Song graduated with an M.A. from Chonnam ...
창작집『白衣民族』 * 1974 Lee Jeha 창작집『草食』 * 1975 Kim Won-il 「잠시 눕는 풀」「波羅庵」 * 1976 Kim Munsu 창작집『聖痕』 * 1977 Jeon Sang-guk 「私刑」「껍데기 벗기」 * 1978 Lee Segi 「離別의 方式」 * 1979 Kim Guktae 「우리 교실의 傳說」 * 1980 Yoo Jaeyong 「두고 온 사람」「호도나무골 傳說」 * 1981 Kim Yongun 「山行」 * 1982 Jo Jeongrae 「流刑의 땅」 * 1983
Yun Heunggil Yun Heunggil (born 14 December 1942) is a South Korean novelist known for his treatment of conflicts between the individual and society. He received his degree in Korean literature from Wonkwang University in 1973. In 1977 he won the Korean ...
장편『완장』 * 1984 Kim Yongseong 장편『도둑일기』 * 1985 Hong Seongwon 장편『마지막 偶像』 * 1986
Lee Dong-ha Lee Dong-Ha (born December 1, 1942) is a South Korean novelist. Life Lee Dong-Ha was born in Osaka, JapanBiography from ''Shrapnel and other Stories'' and moved to Korea with his family after Korea's liberation from the Japanese. There, he gre ...
「폭력요법」「폭력연구」 * 1987 Song Yeong 「친구」「보행규칙 위반자」외 * 1988 Han Seungwon 장편『갯비나리』 * 1989 Son Yeongmok 「바다가 부르는 소리」「밀랍인형들의 집」 * 1990 Hyeon Gileon 「司祭와 祭物」 * 1991 Han Su-san 「타인의 얼굴」 * 1992
Yi Mun-yol Yi Mun-yol (born May 18, 1948) is a South Korean writer. Yi's given name at birth was Yol; the character, Mun (which translates as "writer"), was added after he took up a writing career. His works include novels, short stories and Korean adap ...
「시인과 도둑」장편『시인』 * 1993
Park Wansuh Park Wan-suh (October 20, 1931January 22, 2011) was a South Korean writer. Life Park Wan-suh (also Park Wan-seo, Park Wan-so, Park Wansuh, Park Kee-pah, Pak Wan-so, Pak Wanso) was born in 1931 in Gaepung-gun in what is now Hwanghaebuk-do in No ...
「꿈꾸는 인큐베이터」 * 1994 Yoon Humyeong 「별을 사랑하는 마음으로」 * 1995
Shin Kyung-sook Kyung-Sook Shin, also Shin Kyung-sook or Shin Kyoung-sook (, born 12 January 1963), is a South Korean writer. She was the only South Korean and only woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 for '' Please Look After Mom''. Life Kyung-So ...
「깊은 숨을 쉴 때마다」 * 1996 Yang Gwija 「곰 이야기」 * 1997 Lee Sunwon 「은비령」 * 1998 Yoon Dae-nyeong 「빛의 걸음걸이」 * 1999
Kim Young-ha Young-ha Kim(c. November 11, 1968) is a modern South Korean writer. Life Kim was born in Hwacheon on November 11, 1968. He moved from place to place as a child, since his father was in the military. As a child, he suffered from gas poisoning f ...
「당신의 나무」 * 2000
Kim Insuk Kim Insuk () is a South Korean writer. Life Kim Insuk was born in 1963 in Seoul. She suffered the death of her father when she was five years old. She spent her childhood under the mother of a hostess. She graduated from Jinmyeong Girls' High ...
「개교기념일」 * 2001 Marcias Sim 「美」 * 2002
Lee Hye-gyeong Lee Hye-gyeong (; born 1960) is a South Korean writer who has published three collections of works and received multiple awards. Life In her first year of university, Lee was exposed to national political controversies including pictures from ...
「고갯마루」 * 2003
Jo Kyung-ran Jo Kyung Ran (This is the author's preferred Romanization per LTI Korea) is a South Korean writer. Life Jo Kyung Ran was born in Seoul in 1969 where she went on to study creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, but did not decide ...
「좁은 문」 * 2004 Seong Seokje 「내 고운 벗님」 * 2005 Yoon Seonghui 「유턴지점에 보물지도를 묻다」 * 2006
Jung Ihyun Jeong Yi-hyeon (born 1972) is a South Korean novelist. Life Jeong Yi-hyeon was born in Seoul in 1972. She graduated from Sungshin Women's University Graduate School, and studied in the Department of Creative Writing at Seoul Institute of the A ...
「삼풍백화점」 * 2007
Lee Seung-u Yi Seungu (, born 21 February 1959) is a South Korean writer. Life Yi Seungu was born in Jangheung County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea in 1959.The Globalizing World and the Human Community, The Seoul International Forum of Literature 20 ...
「전기수傳奇叟 이야기」 * 2008 Kim Gyeonguk 「99%」 * 2009
Ha Seong-nan Ha Seong-nan (Hangul: 하성란; born 28 June 1967) is a South Korean writer. Life Ha was born in Seoul. She is the oldest of three children and this position resulted in her often taking on the role of a son. Ha wrote through elementary and mi ...
「알파의 시간」 (The Time of Alpha) * 2010 Park Seongwon 「얼룩」 (Stain) * 2011 Jeon Gyeongrin 「강변마을」 (Riverside Village) * 2012 Jeon Seongtae 「낚시하는 소녀」 (Fishing Girl) * 2013
Kim Soom Kim Sum (born Kim Sujin, 23 July 1974) is a South Korean writer, best known as the author of ''One Left'' (, 2016), a novel dealing with the issue of Korean comfort women in the Imperial Japanese Army. Life Kim Sum was born in 1974 at a seas ...
「그 밤의 경숙」 (Kyungsook in That Night) * 2015
Pyun Hye-young Pyun Hye-young (, born 1972) is a South Korean writer. Life Pyun Hye-young was born in Seoul in 1972. She earned her undergraduate degree in creative writing and graduate degree in Korean literature from Hanyang University. After receiving the ...
「소년이로」 * 2016 Kim Chaewon   「베를린 필」 (The Berlin Philharmonic) * 2017
Kim Keum-hee Kim Keum Hee (; born October 10, 1979) is a South Korean writer. She made her literary debut in 2009 when her short story “''Neoui dokyumeonteu''” (너의 도큐먼트 Your Document) won the Korea Times New Writer's Contest. She published he ...
「체스의 모든 것」 (All About Chess)


Award Winners Poetry

* 1956 - Kim Guyong - 「잃어버린 姿勢」「그네의 微笑」 * 1957 -
Park Jaesam Park Jaesam (Hangul: 박재삼) was a Korean poet. Life Park Jaesam was born on April 10, 1933, in Japan. Park attended Korea University, but dropped out. He worked as a reporter for the Daehan-Ilbo and an Editor of the Hyundai Munhak-sa. In ...
- 「春香이 마음」 * 1958 - Lee Subok - 「꽃씨」외 * 1959 - Gu Jaun - 「異香二首」「墓碑名」 * 1960 - Jeong Gongchae - 「石炭」「自由」 * 1961 - Kim Sangeok - 「秘敎錄序」 * 1962 - Lee Jonghak - 「피의 꿈속에서」 * 1963 - Park Bongu - 「四月의 火曜日」 * 1964 - - * 1965 - Park Seongryong - 「東洋畵集」외 * 1966 - Lee Seonggyo - 시집『山吟歌』 * 1967 - - * 1968 - Hwang Tong-gyu - 「四行詩抄」외 * 1969 -
Kim Hu-ran Kim Hu-ran ( ko, 김후란) is a Korean poet. Life Also known as Hyeongdeok, the poet was born in Seoul on December 26, 1934. Her professional career has been in journalism; she served as a reporter then as editorial writer for various major n ...
- 시집『粧刀와 薔薇』 * 1970 -
Lee Sungboo Lee SungBoo (His preferred Romanization according to LTI Korea from the Hangul: 이성부) was a South Korean poet and novelist.Lee SungBoo" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Li ...
- 시집『李盛夫 詩集』 * 1971 - Yoo Gyeonghwan - 「겨울 저녁 바다」 * 1972 - Kim Yeongtae - 「鉛筆畵 몇점」 * 1973 - Park Jaereung - 시집『밤과 蓮花와 上院寺』 * 1974 - Kim Gwanghyeop - 시집『千波萬波』 * 1975 - Kang Usik - 시집『四行詩抄』 * 1976 -
Moon Chung-hee Mun Jeonghui is a South Korean poet. Life Mun Jeonghui was born in Boseong, Jeollanam-do, Korea on May 25, 1947. She attended Jinmyeong Girls' High School, majored in Korean Literature at Dongguk University, and completed her graduate studie ...
- 시극집『새떼』 * 1977 - Choi Wongyu - 연작시집『비 속에서』 * 1978 - Ham Hyeryeon - 시집『강물이 되어 바다가 되어』 * 1979 - Park Jecheon - 연작시「心法」 * 1980 - Lim Seongsuk - 시집『소금장수 이야기』 * 1981 - Kim Hyesuk - 시집『豫感의 새』 * 1982 - Oh Kyu-won - 시집『이 땅에 씌어지는 서정시』 * 1983 - Kim Jonghae - 「賤奴 일어서다」 * 1984 - Lee Seunghun - 시집『事物들』 * 1985 - Kim Wonho - 시집『행복한 잠』 * 1986 - Kim Seokgyu - 시집『저녁 혹은 패주자의 퇴로』 * 1987 - Lee Suik - 시집『단순한 기쁨』 * 1988 - Kim Hyeongyeong - 시집『다른 하늘이 열릴 때』 * 1989 - Park Jeongman - 「다 가고」외 * 1990 - Lee Geoncheong - 시집『하이에나』 * 1991 - Hwang Ji-u - 시집『게눈 속의 연꽃』 * 1992 -
Kang Eun-gyo Kang Eun-gyo is a South Korean poet and Professor Emerita at Dong-a University. Life Kang Eungyo was born on December 13, 1945 in Hongwon, Hamgyeongnam-do. She was raised in Seoul, and graduated from Gyeonggi Girls’ Middle School and Gyeong ...
- 「그대의 들」 외 * 1993 - Im Yeongjo - 시집『갈대는 배후가 없다』 * 1994 - Jo Jeonggwon - 「튀빙겐 가는 길」 * 1995 - Jeong Hyeonjong - 「내 어깨 위의 호랑이」 * 1996 - Kim Chohye - 「만월」외 4편 * 1997 - Hong Sinseon - 「해, 늦저녁 해」 * 1998 - Cheon Yanghui - 「오래된 골목」외 4편 * 1999 - Jang Seoknam - 「마당에 배를 매다」외 6편 * 2000 - Kim Myeongin - 「그 등나무꽃 그늘 아래」외 6편 * 2001 - Kim Gitaek - 「불룩한 자루」외 6편 * 2002 - Choi Seungho - 「두엄」 외 6편 * 2003 - Na Huideok - 「마른 물고기처럼」 외 5편 * 2004 - Kim Seonu - 「피어라, 석유!」 외 6편 * 2005 - Kim Sain - 「노숙」 외 5편 * 2006 Park Sangsoon - 「목화밭 지나서 소년은 가고」 외 5편 * 2007 Choi Jeongrye 「그녀의 입술을 따스하고 당신의 것은 차거든」외 4편 * 2008 Lee Seong-bok 「기파랑을 기리는 노래―나무인간 강판권」외 6편 * 2009 Mah Chonggi 「파타고니아의 양」외 6편 * 2010 Go Hyeongryeol 「옥수수수염귀뚜라미의 기억」외 5편 * 2011 Jin Eunyeong 「그 머나먼」외 6편 * 2012 Kim Soyeon 「오키나와, 튀니지, 프랑시스 잠」외 7편 * 2013 Lee Geunhwa 「한밤의 우리가」외 6편


Award Winners Criticism

* 1956 - - * 1957 - Choi Ilsu - 「현대문학의 근본특질」 * 1958 - - * 1959 - Yoo Jongho - 「비평의 반성」「산문정신고」 * 1960 - Kim Sangil - 「近代詩人論」 * 1961 - Won Hyeonggap - 「해석적 비평의 길」 * 1962 - - * 1963 - - * 1964 - Moon Deoksu - 「전통론을 위한 각서」「신라정신의 영원성과 현실성」 * 1965 - - * 1966 - Chun Idu - 「한국단편소설론」 * 1967 - - * 1968 - - * 1969 - - * 1970 - Hong Gisam - 「주제의 변천」「전위예술론」 * 1971 - Lee Yusik - 「한국소설론」 * 1972 - Kim Gyoseon - 「東仁 문학의 근대성의 저변 」 * 1973 - Kim Yunsik - 「식민지문학의 상흔과 그 극복」 * 1974 - Kim Yeonggi - 평론집『한국문학과 전통』 * 1975 - Kim Unhak - 「현대불교문학론」「한국적 테마론」 * 1976 - Yoon Jaegeun - 「시정신과 그 비극성」「李箱의 시사적 위치」 * 1977 - Lee Seonyeong - 평론집『상황의 문학』 * 1978 - Kim Yongjik - 「대중사회와 시의 길」 * 1979 - Cho Byeongmu - 평론집『가설의 옹호』 * 1980 - Jeong Changbeom - 「朴木月의 시적변용」 * 1981 - Kim Hyeon - 평론집『문학과 유토피아』 * 1982 - Kim Chisu - 「일상언어와 문학언어」「朴景利 <土地> 분석」 * 1983 - Kim Byeongik - 평론집『지성과 문학』 * 1984 - Park Cheolhui - 「근대시 형식과 조선시 논의」평론집『서정과 인식』 * 1985 - Kim Sitae - 평론집『문학과 삶의 성찰』 * 1986 - - * 1987 - Park Donggyu - 「한국소설의 전개」 * 1988 - Kim Jaehong - 평론집『현대시와 열린 정신』 * 1989 - Cho Namhyeon - 평론집『삶과 문학적 인식』 * 1990 - Kwon Yeongmin - 「월북문인연구」 * 1991 - Lee Dongha - 평론집『혼돈 속의 항해』 * 1992 - Lee Namho - 「비유법 그리고 고통 혹은 절망의 양식」「현실에 대한 관찰과 존재에 대한 통찰」 * 1993 - Lee Sangok - 평론집『이효석―문학과 생애』 * 1994 - Shin Donguk - 평론집『우리 시의 짜임과 역사적 인식』 * 1995 - - * 1996 - Oh Saenggeun - 평론「숨결과 웃음의 시학」 * 1997 - Hong Jeongseon - 평론「맥락의 독서와 비평」 * 1998 - Do Jeongil - 평론「우리는 모르는 것을 경배하나니」 * 1999 - Seong Minyeop - 평론「불의 체험과 그 기록」 * 2000 - Jeong Gwari - 「유령들의 전쟁」「죽음 옆의 삶, 삶 안의 죽음」 * 2001 - Nam Jinu - 「행복의 시학, 유출의 수사학」 * 2002 - Ryu Boseon - 「두 개의 성장과 그 의미-『외딴방』과 『새의 선물 』에 대한 단상」 * 2003 - Lee Gwangho - 「굿바이! 휴먼-탈내향적 일인칭 화자의 정치성」 * 2004 - Kwon Oryong - 「비하(飛下/卑下)의 상상력이 우리에게 묻는 것-배수아의 『일요일 스키야키 식당』」 * 2005 - Kim Yeongchan - 「한국문학의 증상들 혹은 리얼리즘이라는 독법」 * 2006 - Hwang Jongyeon - 「민주화 이후의 정치와 문학―고은 『만인보』의 민중-민족주의 비판」 * 2007 - Bok Dohun - 「축생, 시체, 자동인형ㅡ2000년대 젊은 작가들의 소설에 등장한 캐릭터와 신(新)인류학」 * 2008 - - * 2009 - - * 2010 - Sim Jingyeong - 「김애란을 다시 읽는다」 * 2011 - - * 2012 - Park Hyegyeong - 「일상의 정치학」 * 2013 - -


Award Winners Drama

* 1956 - - * 1957 - - * 1958 - Kim Yangsu - 「민족문학 확립의 자세」 * 1959 - Im Huijae - 『꽃잎을 먹고 사는 기관차』 * 1960 - Oh Hakyeong - 「深淵의 다리」「抗拒」 * 1961 - - * 1962 - - * 1963 - - * 1964 - - * 1965 - - * 1966 - - * 1967 - - * 1968 - Oh Hyeryeong - 「인간적인 진실로 인간적인」 * 1969 - - * 1970 - - * 1971 - - * 1972 - Oh Taeseok - 「移植手術」 * 1973 - - * 1974 - Yoon Daeseong - 「奴婢文書」 * 1975 - - * 1976 - - * 1977 - - * 1978 - Yoon Jobyeong - 「참새와 機關車」 * 1979 - Lee Hyeonhwa - 장막「우리들끼리만의 한 번」 * 1980 - Lee Jaehyeon - 희곡집『李仲燮』 * 1981 - - * 1982 - Hong Seungju - 희곡집『목마른 太陽』 * 1983 - - * 1984 - - * 1985 - - * 1986 - - * 1987 - Oh Taeyeong - 「전쟁」「트로이얀 테바이」 * 1988 - Kim Sukhyeon - 「젊은 왕자의 무덤」 * 1989 - - * 1990 - - * 1991 - - * 1992 - - * 1993 - - * 1994 - - * 1995 - - * 1996 - - * 1997 - - * 1998 - - * 1999 - - * 2000 - - * 2001 - - * 2002 - - * 2003 - - * 2004 - - * 2005 - - * 2006 - - * 2007 - - * 2008 - Kim Mihyeon - 「수상한 소설들―한국 소설의 이기적 유전자」 * 2009 - - * 2010 - - * 2011 - - * 2012 - - * 2013 - -


References

{{reflist South Korean literary awards Fiction awards Awards established in 1956 1956 establishments in South Korea