Other Projects

HISTORY

2005
Literary Awards for Overseas Koreans
Together with the Overseas Koreans Foundation, the Daesan Foundation co-hosted the 7thLiterary Awards for Overseas Koreans. These are intended to encourage overseas Koreans to be active in creating their own literature. Also the awards aim at giving them a motive to learn and use the Korean language overseas.
The winner received 5 million won and the runner-up received 2 million won. The winners attended a literary tour with the judges from October 23rd to 25th on Jeju Island. The awards ceremony was held on October 20th at Seoul Educational Cultural Theater and the works were published in Window on Overseas Korean Literature.