Choe Chiwon is a representative scholar and writer from the 6-dupum (六頭品 highest ranked class within the dupum system, which is the third level of ranking system in Silla; a hereditary class in Silla dynasty) class of the late Silla dynasty (B.C.57-935). He served as a government official after studying in the Tang dynasty of China. During the formation period of the Chinese classic literature in Korea, he was widely renowned for skillfully generating various genres of the Chinese classic literature.

Chung So-hyun was born in Seoul in 1975. She made her literary debut in 2008 after winning the Munwha Ilbo New Writer’s Contest. She has published two short story collections, The Human Who Makes Mistakes (later renamed as Someone Who Looks Like You) and A Dignified Life, as well as the novella Assailants. She has won various awards over the years, including the Munhak Dongne Young Writer’s Award, the Kim Jun-sung Literary Award, the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, and the Hyundae Munhak Literary Award.

Hyeon Giyeong (1941 — ) is a South Korean novelist. He has described himself as a “shaman 2) holding a requiem for the spirits of the Jeju 4.3 Uprising.” 1) With a deep love for Jeju Island as their foundation, his works expansively capture the lives of Jeju Island’s residents and the history of the island.

Kim Saypyel is a South Korean picture-book writer. She worked in advertising before she began to write picture books for children. She recreates the daily life of mother and children through heartwarming illustrations. Picture book Eomma, annyeong? Aga, annyeong? (엄마, 안녕? 아가, 안녕? Hello, Mom! Hello, Baby! (2019) Picture book Sajaga agireul mannaseo (사자가 아기를 만났어 The Lion Meets the Baby) (2021)

In his works of fiction, Jung Hansuk experimented with a variety of subject matters and techniques in order to create portraits of Korean people in the changing world of post-war Korean society. A serious social problem he investigated with particular adroitness and sensitivity is one of generation gap; “An Old House” (Goga, 1956), a story of young people seeking to escape from the traditional family system, skillfully explores this conflict between generations against the backdrop of war-torn Korea. Despite the fact that the world Jung Hansuk sketches in his fiction is fraught with moral deterioration accompanying extreme material privation, he maintains an ethical stance toward it and emphasizes the need to aspire to the ideal.