| Writers Association of Korea | |||||||||
| Native Name: | 한국작가회의 | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
| Leader Title: | Chairman | ||||||||
| Leader Name: | Yi Kyoung-ja | ||||||||
| Formation: | November 18, 1987 | ||||||||
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The Writers Association of Korea is a society formed by writers of South Korea to promote Korean literature and support Korean writers.
On November 18, 1974, the Council of Writers for Freedom and Practice was established by a number of writers including Ko Un to protect the rights of writers, and started a campaign to free the poet Kim Ji-ha from imprisonment.[1] [2] 1987, the group was extended to become Association of Writers for National Literature, and then in 2007 it was renamed the Writers Association of Korea.[3] [4]
There are 12 branches and 11 branches nationwide, and it has around 200 members.[5] [6] There are 5 sections such as novels, poetry, poetry, children's literature, and criticism. The office is located in Yonghyeon Building, 50-1 Yonggang-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul.
The past chairmans are Lee Si-young, Gu Jungseo and Jeong Hui Seong.