| Yookwoodang Literary Award / Yookwoodang Memorial Prize | |
| Current Awards: | 2011 Pulitzer Prize --> |
| Awarded For: | - |
| Presenter: | Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Hangul: | 육우당문학상 |
| Hanja: | 六友堂文學賞 |
| Rr: | Yukwudang Munhagsang |
| Mr: | Yookwoodang Moonhaksang |
The Yook Woo Dang Literary Award (Korean:육우당 문학상; Hanja:六友堂文學賞), is a South Korean literature award established as a memorial to Yun Hyon-seok on Dongdaemun in Seoul, April 1, 2013. Yun Hyon-seok was a South Korean gay rights activist and poet who used "Yook Woo Dang" as his pen name.
Yun's dream as a poet and writer was for a renaissance and resurrection of Korean traditional poet and literary creation. After years of experiencing discrimination for his homosexuality, Yun committed suicide in 2003. Ten years after his death, the Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea established the award in his memory.[1] [2]
The application eligibility is unlimited, and accepts a variety of genres, including poetry, fiction, essays.[3]