| Year |
Category |
Winner |
Work |
| 1993 |
Poetry |
Ko Un |
Songs for Tomorrow |
| Fiction |
Yi Seungu |
The Other Side of Life |
| Drama |
O Taeseok |
Why Did Shimch'ong Throw Herself Into the Indangsu Twice? |
| Criticism |
Baek Nakcheong |
Viewpoint of Modern Literature |
| Translation |
Peter H. Lee |
Pine River and Lone Peak (English translation) |
| 1994 |
Poetry |
Lee Hyeonggi |
Undying City |
| Fiction |
Yi Cheong-jun |
White Clothes |
| Drama |
— |
— |
| Criticism |
Kim Uchang |
A Jewel of a Poet |
| Translation |
Choe Yun & Patrick Maurus |
La Place by Choi In-hoon (French translation) |
| 1995 |
Poetry |
Hwang Tong-gyu |
Strong Wind at Misiryong |
| Fiction |
Choe Inseok |
My Soul's Well |
| Drama |
Yi Yun-taek |
Yeonsan, A Problematic Person |
| Criticism |
Yu Chong-Ho |
The Delights of Literature |
| Translation |
Chung Chong-Hwa & Brother Anthony |
The Poet by Yi Munyeol (English translation) |
| 1996 |
Poetry |
Chong Hyon-jong |
The Trees of the World |
| Fiction |
Yi Hocheol |
Southerners and Northerners |
| Drama |
Lee Kang-baek |
Diary of a Journey to Yongwo |
| Criticism |
— |
— |
| Translation |
Kim Mi-Hye & Silvia Bräsel |
Windbestattun by Hwang Tong-gyu (German translation) |
| 1997 |
Poetry |
Kim Chunsu |
Possession, Dostoevsky |
| Fiction |
Park Wanseo |
Was That Mountain Really There? |
| Drama |
— |
— |
| Criticism |
Kim Byung-Ik |
New Writing and Truth of Literature |
| Translation |
— |
— |
| 1998 |
Poetry |
Shin Kyeong-nim |
Mother's and Grandmother's Silhouette |
| Fiction |
Kim Joo-young |
The Skate |
| Drama |
Lee Man-Hee |
Turn Around and Leave |
| Criticism |
Cho Nam-Hyon |
Literary Discourse in the 1990s |
| Translation |
— |
— |
| 1999 |
Poetry |
Hwang Ji-u |
One Day I Will Sit in a Dimly-Lit Bar |
| Fiction |
Seo Jeong-in |
A Man Who I Met in Venice |
| Drama |
Noh Kyung-Sik |
Wind of a Thousand Years |
| Criticism |
Kim Jong-Chul |
A Poetry Human and an Ecological Human |
| Translation |
Choi Mi-Kyung & Jean Noël Juttet |
Le Chant de la fidèle Chunhyang (French translation) |
| 2000 |
Poetry |
Choi Seungho |
Grotesque |
| Fiction |
Lee Yun-gi |
Dumulmeori |
| Drama |
— |
— |
| Criticism |
Oh Saeng-Keun |
The House Being Constructed with Nostalgia |
| Translation |
Ko Kwang-Dan & Jean Noël Juttet |
L'Envers de la vie (French translation) |
| 2001 |
Poetry |
Lee Sungboo |
Mt. Chiri |
| Fiction |
Hwang Sok-yong |
The Guest |
| Drama |
Lee Gun-Sam |
Magnificent Escape |
| Criticism |
Choi Won-Shik |
The Return of Literature |
| Translation |
Lee In-Sook, Kim Kyung-Hee, & Maryse Bourdin |
Talgung by Su Jung-In (French translation) |
| 2002 |
Poetry |
Kim Chi-ha |
Flowering |
| Fiction |
Kim Wonu |
Nostalgia Essay of a Wayfarer |
| Drama |
Kim Myung-Hwa |
The First Birthday |
| Criticism |
Kim Yun-Shik |
Dialogue with Our Novel |
| Translation |
Yu Young-Nan |
Everlasting Empire by Yi In-hwa (English translation) |
| 2003 |
Poetry |
Kim Kwang-kyu |
The Time We First Met |
| Fiction |
Song Giwon |
The Scent of a Human |
| Drama |
— |
— |
| Criticism |
— |
— |
| Translation |
Kim Edeltrud & Kim Sun-Hi |
Vogël by O Jeonghui (German translation) |
| 2004 |
Poetry |
Lee Seong-bok |
Ah, Mouthless Things |
| Fiction |
Yun Heunggil |
Road to Soradan |
| Drama |
Park Sang-Hyun |
The Lady Living in Room 405 Is Very Nice |
| Criticism |
Hwang Gwang-Soo |
Finding Road, Making Road |
| Translation |
Park Hwang-Bae |
A vista de cuervo y otros poemas by Yi Sang (Spanish translation) |
| 2005 |
Poetry |
Kim Myung-In |
Ripple |
| Fiction |
Kim Yeonsu |
I'm a Ghost Writer |
| Drama |
— |
— |
| Criticism |
Jeong Gwa-Ri |
Desire of That Which We Call Literature |
| Translation |
Francisca Cho |
Everything Yearned For by Han Yong-un (English translation) |
| 2006 |
Poetry |
Kim Sa-in |
Quietly Liking |
| Fiction |
Kim Insuk |
That Woman's Autobiography |
| Drama |
Park Keun-hyeong |
Kyeong-suk, Kyeong-suk's Father |
| Criticism |
Choi Dong-ho |
Poetic Magic in a Muddy Heaven |
| Translation |
Jeong Eun-jin & Jacques Batilliot |
Le vieux jardin by Hwang Sok-yong (French translation) |
| 2007 |
Poetry |
Nam Jin-woo |
A Lion at 3:00 AM |
| Fiction |
Kim Hoon |
Namhansanseong |
| Drama |
Bae Sam-Sik |
A Record of Yeolha |
| Criticism |
Kim Yeong-Chan |
Ghosts in the Theatre of Criticism |
| Translation |
Kang Seung-Hee, Oh Dong-Sik, & Torsten Zaiak |
Die Geschichte des Herrn Han by Hwang Sok-yong (German translation) |
| 2008 |
Poetry |
Kim Hyesoon |
Your First |
| Fiction |
Gu Hyo-seo |
Nagasaki Papa |
| Drama |
Jung Bokgeun |
A Package |
| Criticism |
Kim Inhwan |
A Crisis of Meaning |
| Translation |
— |
— |
| 2009 |
Poetry |
Song Chanho |
The Evening the Cat Returned |
| Fiction |
Park Bum-shin |
Gosanja |
| Drama |
— |
— |
| Criticism |
Lee Kwangho |
Anonymous Love |
| Translation |
Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, & Gicheong Gim |
There a Petal Silently Falls by Choe Yun (English translation) |
| 2010 |
Poetry |
Choe Seungja |
Lonely and Faraway |
| Fiction |
Park Hyoung-su |
Nana at Dawn |
| Drama |
Choe Jina |
Chasuk's Home, 1 Dong 28 |
| Criticism |
Kim Chi-su |
Wounds and Cures |
| Translation |
Choe Ae-young & Jean Bellemin-Noell |
Interdit de folie (French translation) |
| 2011 |
Poetry |
Dalja Shinwon |
Papers |
| Fiction |
Im Cheolu |
Farewell Valley |
| Drama |
Choi Chieon |
Play of Insanity |
| Criticism |
Yeom Moo-woong |
Literature and Reality of the Era |
| Translation |
Heidi Kang & Sohyun Ahn |
Schwertgesang by Hoon Kim (German translation) |
| 2012 |
Poetry |
Paek Musan |
All Edges |
| Fiction |
Jung Young-moon |
The World of a Certain Title of Nobility |
| Drama |
— |
— |
| Criticism |
Hwang Hyonsan |
Well-Explained Misfortune |
| Translation |
Ko Hyeson & Francisco Karansa |
Los arobles en la cuesta (Spanish translation) |
| 2013 |
Poetry |
Jin Eun-young |
A Stealing Song |
| Fiction |
Kim Sum |
Women and Their Evolving Enemies |
| Drama |
Koh Yeon-ok |
Father in a Scabbard |
| Criticism |
— |
— |
| Translation |
Choi Yang-hee |
Jehol Journal by Pak Chiwŏn (English translation) |
| 2021 |
Poetry |
Kim Eon[4] |
Dear Blank Paper |
| Fiction |
Choi Eun-young |
Bright Night |
| Drama |
Cha Geun-ho |
Man with a Typewriter |
| Criticism |
— |
— |
| Translation |
Choi Don-mee |
Autobiography of Death by Kim Hye-soon (English translation, poetry collection) |