Seoul International Writers’ Festival
ㅇ (Host Organizations) Literature Translation Institute of Korea, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul Design Foundation, Incheon International Airport Corporation
ㅇ (Theme) Awakening
ㅇ (Date) 2021. 10. 8. ~ 24.
ㅇ (Live stream URL) https://youtube.com/Ltikorea
□ About SIWF
Launched in 2006, the Seoul International Writers’ Festival (SIWF) is a global literary festival aimed at expanding opportunities to enjoy literature and providing a platform for international exchange in Seoul. Between 2006 and 2020, a total of 240 writers from 54 countries were invited to take part. By focusing on the multilateral impact created by writers and readers as well as life and literature, the SIWF aspires to develop into a festival of international renown and scale.
□ Authors
* Korean Authors: (Novelist) Kwak Jaesik, Kim Kichang, Kim Soom, Kim Yeonsu, Kim Jung Mi, Yun Ko-eun, Lee Miye, Yi Hyunseok, Lee hee young, Ch’oe Yun, Choi Jin-Young, Han Kang (Poet) Koh Jaejong, Sin Yongmok, An Hee-Yeon, Yu Gyeyoung, Lee Soyoun
* International Authors:(Novelist) Ge Shuiping(China), Maja Lunde(Norway), Matt Ruff(USA), Vanessa Springora(France), Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen(Denmark), Evgeny Vodolazkin(Russia), Trent Dalton(Australia), Max Porter(England), Ken Liu(USA), David Grossman(Israel), Mariana Enriquez(Argentina), (Poet) Nouri Al-Jarrah(Syria), Rim Battal(Morocco), Seán Hewitt(Ireland), Amanda Chong(singapore), Jan Wagner(Germany)