The Sowol Poetry Prize () is one of the most prestigious

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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. Established by the publishing company Moonhaksasangsa () in 1986, the prize aims to commemorate the soul of the poetry of Kim Sowol. The awardees are selected through a two-round process. During the first round various published poems are chosen and evaluated by a selected university professors, poets, literary critics, and editors-in-chief of ''Literary Thought'' (, the literary magazine published by Moonhaksasangsa); readers of the magazine are also polled on their opinions. The selected entries then progress to the second round, in which ten works of poetry are ultimately chosen through rigorous discussion by the judges; the author of the winning poem will receive the grand prize, while the remaining nine poems are listed as runners-up. Every year Moonhaksasangsa publishes a collection of that year's winning poems.

Winners

List of recipients and the poem titles in chronological order.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sowol Poetry Prize, The South Korean literary awards Poetry awards Awards established in 1986