Park Kyong-ni Prize
South Korean literary award
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Park Kyong-ni Prize (Korean: 박경리 문학상) is an international literary award based in South Korea. It was established in 2011 in honor of Park Kyongni, known for her series Toji.[1] The award was founded and sponsored by the Toji Foundation of Culture.
| Park Kyong-ni Prize | |
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| Native name | 박경리 문학상 |
| Sponsored by | Toji Foundation of Culture |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Status | Active |
| First award | 2011 |
| Website | https://tojicf.com/sub/sub03_01.php  |
According to Complete Review, it was established to be the primary international literary award of South Korea.[2] With a cash prize of $100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world.[3]
Winners
- 2011 Choi In-hun[4]
- 2012 Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Daniel Stein, interpreter[5]
- 2013 Marilynne Robinson[6]
- 2014 Bernhard Schlink[7]
- 2015 Amos Oz[8]
- 2016 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o[9]
- 2017 A. S. Byatt[10]
- 2018 Richard Ford[11]
- 2019 Ismail Kadare[12]
- 2020 Yun Heunggil[13]
- 2022 Amin Maalouf[14]
- 2023 Christoph Ransmayr[15]
- 2024 Sylvie Germain[16]
- 2025 Amitav Ghosh[17]