Gwangmyeong Haan Library Launches World Literature Relay Exhibition with "Chinese Writers Exhibition" in June

Over 40 Works by Leading Contemporary Chinese Authors
Including Nobel Laureate Mo Yan and Yu Hua

Japanese, Russian, European, and American Literature
To Be Introduced Sequentially Through October

Gwangmyeong City Haan Library announced on May 31 that it will operate the "Monthly Writer Exhibition – Vast Continent, Distant Stories: Chinese Writers Exhibition" throughout June, highlighting the diverse charms of Chinese literature.

Gwangmyeong-si Haan Library will operate the "Monthly Author Exhibition – Vast Continent, Distant Stories: Chinese Author Exhibition," highlighting the diverse charm of Chinese literature throughout June. Provided by Gwangmyeong-si

This exhibition has been planned as part of the library's flagship reading culture project, "Book Dive (DIVE)."

The purpose is to help citizens become more familiar with Chinese literature, which has been shaped by a vast history and diverse social backgrounds, and to enable them to discover new stories and literary sensibilities in works that may have previously been unfamiliar.

The exhibition will showcase a total of around 40 works by leading contemporary Chinese writers, including Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Mo Yan, as well as Yu Hua, Su Tong, Liu Zhenyun, and Chan Ho-kei.

Through works that capture reality and fantasy, the individual and society, and the evolving lives of people through the ages, the exhibition aims to convey the unique depth of Chinese literary storytelling.

In particular, despite different social backgrounds, the exhibition will also portray universal human emotions such as love, family, and life, offering readers empathy and new perspectives.

Starting with Chinese literature in June, Haan Library will continue its series of relay exhibitions on the theme of world literature by country through October.

Writers and works that are relatively unfamiliar to Korean readers will also be introduced, providing citizens with the opportunity to experience a broader literary world. The relay exhibitions will take place in the following order: Chinese literature in June, Japanese literature in July, Russian literature in August, European literature in September, and American literature in October.

In addition, the library will operate "Haankyeon, Sentence Haanzoom," a participatory, ongoing experience program. The program will provide a space for citizens to copy and color memorable sentences from Chinese literary works, allowing them to slowly savor the language and become more connected with the literature.

This exhibition and participatory program will be held in the first-floor community space of Haan Library and are open to everyone. Books on display can be borrowed directly from the first-floor desk.

Gwangyong Kim, Director of Haan Library, stated, "We hope that this series of world literature relay exhibitions will offer citizens a rich opportunity to discover new writers and works of world literature that they may not have had a chance to encounter before."

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