GANGWON-DO < invest Korea

According to Yonhap News,

Wonju, Gangwon-do decided on who is going to stay at Toji Cultural Centre for 8 weeks as the selected writer for "Wonju Residency 2023."

Martin MacInnes, Scottish writer from Edinburgh is selected for the Residency 2023, said Wonju city on May 24.

The Wonju Residency is an international project of the city of Wonju as a UNESCO City of Literature.

While staying in the at Toji Cultural Centre, he is going to write historical fictions and realism books about the nature and human nature.

"I hope Martin MacInnes, as a literature writer, will get inspired by the spirit of the honorable novelist Park Kyung-ni while staying at stay at Toji Cultural Centre, the cradle of Korean literature.", said Nam Ki-joo, director of cultural art division of Wonju city.

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Source: Yonhap News (May 24, 2023)

*This article was translated from Korean.