2026 | Judging | Committee | Bucheon Diaspora Literary Award

JUDGING

Kwa-Ri JEONG (Prof. JEONG, Myeong-Kyo)

Literary Critic. He has published 17 books,
compiled more than 10 books and translated 3 books.
professor emeritus of Yonsei University since 2000.

Ph. D. in French Literature, Graduate School of Seoul National University
Bachelor of Literature Study, Seoul National University
In 1979, he debuted in the Dong-A Ilbo’s New Spring Literature and Literature Criticism section.

Career

2025.8.~ Professor Emeritus, Yonsei University
2000~2025.8. Present, Professor, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Yonsei University
1984~2001.08 Professor, Department of French Language and Literature, Chungnam National University

Awards

2021 The 25th Pyeonun Literary Awards Criticism Section
2015 The 25th Pyeonun Literary Awards Criticism Section
2005 The 13th Daesan Literary Awards Criticism Section
2005 The 16th Kim Hwan-Tae Prize for Criticism and Literature
2000 The 11th Palbong Criticism Literary Award
2000 The 45th Contemporary Literature Awards Criticism Division

Literary Works

Critique Un désir de littérature coréenne, (Aix-en-Provence: DeCrescenzo éditeurs, 2015), Published 『The Education of Literature Education through Literature』 (Literature and Jisungsa, 2009), The author of the research paper 『A Guide to Korean Literature in the Mobius Quarter』 ’ (Literature and Jisungsa, 2016), and has written and compiled roughly 30 books.

Hae-Hyun PARK
Editorial Board Member of Korean Literature
Jeong-Soo Son
Literary critic,
professor at Keimyung University
Sun-Jung Cho
Professor at Seoul National University
Sora Kim-Russel
Translator, writer

Main roles,Members
Main roles	Screening nominated works produced in other languages Compiling a shortlist Determining the winner Determining and approving the recipient of the Translator’s Prize (translation support payment)
Members	Five prominent members from the Korean and international literary world (including critics) and academia In the interest of ensuring fairness, the identity of the Judging Committee members will be disclosed upon the announcement of the winner