Kim Jongcheol (1947~2014) was a Korean poet and publisher. Calling himself the “Priest of Nails”, Kim attempted to connect the secular and religious worlds through his series of poems focused on nails. He received the Yun Dongju Literature Award, Jeong Jiyong Award for literature, Catholic Award for Literature, and many more. Kim also served as President of the Korean Catholic Literary Society and as President of the Korean Poets’ Association.

Jeon Kwangyong (全光鏞, 1919-1988) was a South Korean novelist and scholar of Korean literature. Known as “the author who wrote with his feet”[1] thanks to his habit of personally visiting settings to do research for his writing, Jeon made use of short, unemotional sentence compositions in his work. He began his literary career in 1955 when he won the Chosun Ilbo New Writer’s Contest with the short story “Heuksando” (흑산도 Heuksando Island). His representative works include “Kkeoppittan Ri” (꺼삐딴 리 Kapitan Ri) (1962).[2] Jeon was the recipient of the Dongin Literary Award and the Sasanggye Research Prize.

Chong Chaebong (1946-2001) was a South Korean children’s literature writer. He developed a new genre—children’s literature for adults—that established a wide readership among adults. His works have been recognized for high-quality writing, breaking the prejudice that children’s literature is inferior to adult fiction. His most acclaimed work, Oseam (오세암) , was made into an animation film and was successful in the entertainment industry, receiving awards in many international film festivals.

Kim Ryeoryeong (born 1971) is a South Korean writer.

Jang Jin-sung is the pseudonym of a North Korean poet and government official who defected to South Korea. He had worked as a psychological warfare officer within the United Front Department of the Korean Workers' Party. Jang specifically worked within the United Front Department Section 5 (Literature), Division 19 (Poetry) of Office 101. Office 101 created propaganda intended to encourage South Korean sympathy for North Korea. One of Jang's job duties was to create poetry under a South Korean pseudonym Kim Kyong-min and in a South Korean style. His poetry was intended for distribution within South Korea.

Cho Yongmee (1962 - ) is a Korean poet. She writes poems based on her experience of nature and landscapes through her various senses such as vision, touch and hearing1) rather than using the abstract and notional mode of expression. It is considered that her poems show us different aspects of normal phenomena from her sensitive perspective.2)

Park Hyoung Su (1972 - ) is a South Korean writer. As one of the representative writers of Korean literature during the 2000s, Park Hyoung Su is known for his strong awareness of literary genres and striking works that experiment with diverse forms. From trivial matters of daily life to vast histories of civilizations, the subject matters of his works are wide-ranging, displaying an extraordinary imagination and his superb storytelling abilities.

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.