3rd literature symposium of Indo-Korean Foundation

The 3rd Young Writer’s Symposium of Korea and India
제3회 한국・인도 젊은 문학인 세미나
Literature’s embodiment of Divinity and desire for salvation
문학의 신성(Divinity) 구현, 그리고 구원을 갈구하는 문학

Dates: July 3, 2010 (Sat.) 10:00~17:00
Venue: Conference Hall No.1, India International Centre, New Delhi, India
Hosted by: Indo-Korean Foundation of Korea & In-Ko Foundation of India
Organized by: Korean Artists for India (KAFI), Indian International Centre (IIC)
Supported by : Korean Embassy to India, Indian Embassy to Korea
Sponsored by : The Korean Arts Council, The Daesan Foundaton, BOOK HOUSE(Publishers), Beginning of 1,000 year(Publishers),

Purpose: Divinity and Salvation are the most traditional topics of literature. Literature is a quest for conditions of human existence, and if dreaming beyond the quest, literature’s ultimate purposes are the embodiment of divinity and pursuit of salvation. Through this question, a fundamental topic, one will see a common interest among literary scholars of Korea and India and their various attitudes for those interests.

Part 1 (10:00~11:30)
Opening event and keynote address
● Opening address by Mr. Kim Tae-Hyung (poet, president of Korean Artists for India)
● Greetings: Current Korean Ambassador to India(planned), Current Indian Ambassador to Korea(message, planned) Present of IIC(planned), C.K.Chung (Chief Vision Director of Indo-Korean Foundation)
● Prominent beginning by Kim Choon Sik (Literary critic, Professor at Dong Guk University)
“Literature’s embodiment of divinity and desire for salvation”
● Keynote address by Mr. K.T.Ravindran
Architect, President of In-Ko Foundation. Professor & head of Urban Design at School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi. Chairman of Delhi Urban Art Commission, Member of Advisory Board of United Nations Capital Master Plan (appointed by Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki Moon at Jan. 2010)

Part 2 (11:30~13:30)
“Literature striving for Salvation, Fiction striving for Utopia”
●Topic 1 – Ms. Giti Chandra (Critic, Professor)
“The literary world of Indiana poets, with ‘holiness’ and ‘salvation’ as the main topics”
●Topic 2 – Mr. Lee Jae Bok (Literary critic, Professor at Han Yang University)
“What is the ‘salvation’ Korean fiction strives for?”
●Discussion –Ms. Kim Sun-Jae (Novelist), Mr.Upamanyu Chatterjee (Author, Bureaucrat)
Lunch (13:30~14:30)

Part 3 (14:30~16:30)
“Poetry’s way of finding the ultimate truth”
●Topic 1 – Mr. Hong Yong Hee (Literary critic, Professor of Kyung Hee Cyber University)
“Are ‘Divineness’ and ‘Salvation’ important themes in Korean poetry?”
●Topic 2 – Ms. Rukmini B. Nair(Poet, professor, critic)
“The literary world of Indiana poets, with ‘Divinity’ and ‘salvation’ as the main topics”
●Discuss – Ms. Chun Su Ho (Poet), Mr. K. Satchidanandan(poet, critic, Secretary of Sahitya Akademi)

Vote of thanks (16:30~17:00)

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