The 5th Korean Literature Review Writing Award

On the afternoon of July 1, 2010, the Faculty of Oriental Studies - University of Social Sciences and Humanities held the closing ceremony and awarded prizes for the 5th Korean Literature Review Writing Contest.The contest was jointly organized by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Korean Literature Translation Institute (Ministry of Culture and Information of Korea) in June 2010. This was also the first time the contest was organized nationwide. The Korean literary work chosen as the topic for this review was “Before the Manse Movement” by author Yom Sang Seop, translated by Le Dang Hoan. There were 108 articles submitted to the contest by students from 11 universities that train Korean language and Korean studies nationwide. The Organizing Committee worked very systematically through many rounds of judging to select the best articles, demonstrating the best understanding and feelings about the selected works and the contest results were kept secret until the last minute. At the award ceremony, the Organizing Committee awarded 10 consolation prizes, 03 third prizes, 02 second prizes, 01 first prize of the contest. In particular, student Xuan Quynh - K53 Korean Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities won the special prize of the contest. Even more special, contestant Xuan Quynh also won the special prize at the 4th Korean Literature Review Writing Contest held in 2009 and represented Vietnam to compete at the international level in Korea. The contest is an annual cooperation activity between the Korean Literature Translation Institute and the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities with the desire to encourage students to enhance their understanding and appreciation of Korean literary works, thereby enriching their knowledge of Korean language and culture, supporting their studies and research.