Born in 1959, Won Jong-chan studied Korean literature (BA and MA) at Inha University. A professor at his alma mater and a critic of children’s literature, he also lectures at Hankyoreh Juvenile Literature Writers’ School and serves as an advisory board member for the Children’s Book Society, a member of the Gyure Children’s Literature Society, and the chair of the editorial board of the monthly Changbi Children. His works include: literary criticism collections Juvenile Literature and the Critical Spirit (published by Changbi) and Fairy Tales and Children (published by Changbi); literary research A Reexamination of Modern Korean Literature, which explores Korean writers and criticism during the Japanese colonial era (1910-1945); children’s story collections I’m Not Playing with You (editorship; published by Changbi), a collection of Hyun Duk’s short stories Father Who Catches Butterflies (editorship;), Complete Works of Hyun Duk (editorship), collection of Yun Bokjin’s poems for children Flower-Twinkle Star-Twinkle (editorship), Gyure Children’s Literature Anthology (editorship), and The Life and Literature of Kwon Jeongsaeng (editorship; published by Changbi).
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- Almond wins the 2020 17th annual Japan Booksellers’ Award in the category for translated fiction.
- Stairway to Space wins 60th Korea Book Awards for children’s books
- [The Moon over the Apple Orchard, Reception of a special mention in fiction in the 2019 BolognaRagazzi Award!]
- [ My Exploration of Cultural Heritage on China] published
- [The Mother of All Questions] published
- [My Exploration of Cultural Heritage] series, the highlights of an unequaled bestselling project
- [Beyond Death, Beyond the Darkness of the Age] published