Literary Awards

This literary award discovers Asian writers, including Korean writers, who have raised awareness of peace, justice, and concern for one's neighbors, and who have contributed to the development of world literature.

The Kim Hak-cheol Literary Award is a reader-funded prize created by 100 readers who took the "Beomdo Route" tour retracing sites of the anti-Japanese armed resistance in Manchuria, the Russian Maritime region, Lake Baikal, and the Taihang Mountains, pooling small monthly donations. It is run by the Kim Hak-cheol Literary Award Support Group, Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle History School, without support from any institution or organization, and honors writers who renew the spirit of the mother tongue.