Announcement of the 1st Kim Hak-cheol Literary Award Ceremony 2026 | November 4, National Assembly Members' Office Building

You Are Invited to the 2026 1st Kim Hak-cheol Literary Award Ceremony

The 1st Kim Hak-cheol Literary Award Ceremony, named after author Kim Hak-cheol—who chronicled the history of the armed anti-Japanese resistance through literature—will be held. Asia Publishing has prepared this inaugural ceremony [in the role of organizer/partner; e.g., responsible for managing reader voting and publishing the winning works].

Event Overview

• Date and Time: Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 6:30 PM
• Venue: Conference Room 1, National Assembly Members’ Office Building
• Hosted by: School of the History of the Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle, Office of National Assembly Member Jin Seong-jun, Office of National Assembly Member Kim Jun-hyuk
• Organizer: Kim Hak-cheol Literary Award Support Team

Award-Winning Works

Grand Prize: Hwang Jeong-eun, “A Problem-Free Day” Award Winner: Choi Jin-young, “Uluru-Kata Tjuta” Award Winner: Jeon Chun-hwa, “Welcome to Villa”

Program

• Tributes and Poems: Lee Jong-chan, President of the Korean Liberation Association; Cho Jeong-rae, novelist; Im Heon-young, Director of the National Museum of Korean Literature; Jin Seong-jun, Chair of the National Assembly’s National Defense Committee; Kim Cho-hye, poet; Bang Hyun-seok, novelist
• Celebratory Performances: Kim Deok-su’s Samulnori Troupe; vocalists Kim So-young and Park Seon-bong; poetry readings by Park Myeong-sin, Ahn Tae-kyung, Kim Eun-kyung, and Kang Han-ok
• Exhibition and Screening: Photographs and videos of the Beomdo Route anti-Japanese resistance sites
• Special Address “My Father, Kim Hak-cheol”: Kim Hae-yang

Attendance Information

This awards ceremony is open to Book Funding participants who have registered in advance and members of the Kim Hak-cheol Literary Award Support Team. If you have not yet registered, please contact us at the address below.

bookasia@hanmail.net