Winners of 51st Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards

Poetry Grand Prize winner Mattho Mandersloot

The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of its 51st Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards.

This year, the Grand Prize in poetry, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, goes to Mattho Mandersloot for his translation of poems by Choi Jeong-rye, including "1mg of Anaesthetic."

The Grand Prize winner in the fiction category is Hannah Quinn Hertzog for her translation of novelist Kim Un-su's "Jab."

The Commendation Award goes to Hedgie Choi for her translation of Moon Bo-young's poems including "Two Colors in a Picture Book" in the poetry category. The Commendation Award winner in fiction is Rina Kim for her translation of Kwon Yeo-sun's "The Aunt."

We congratulate all participants and winners for their hard work and hope for more entries next year as Korean literature needs more skilled translators to reach a global audience. The awards are sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and KB Financial Group.

Fiction Grand Prize winner Hannah Quinn Hertzog

Grand Prize in poetry:

Mattho Mandersloot (Choi Jeong-rye's poems)

Grand Prize in fiction:

Hannah Quinn Hertzog (Kim Un-su's "Jab”)

Commendation Award in poetry:

Hedgie Choi (Moon Bo-young's poems)

Commendation Award in fiction:

Rina Kim (Kwon Yeo-sun's "The Aunt”)

Judges:

Brother Anthony (professor emeritus at Sogang University), Jung Ha-yun (professor at Ewha Womans University) and Min Eun-kyung (professor at Seoul National University)