Award-winning novel comes under fire for plagiarism
Posted : 2021-01-18 17:16
Updated : 2021-01-18 17:30 A man looks at a notepad and a laptop computer in a home office in this undated photo. / gettyimagesbank
By Park Ji-won
A novel that won five literary awards last year has been accused of plagiarizing another award-winning novel, drawing criticism for the poor screening process in selecting winners.
Author Kim Min-jung, who won the Baekma Culture Award from Myongji University in 2018 for her short novel Ppuri, or root in English, alleged on social media last week and during a radio interview Monday that her novel was stolen by Sohn Chang-hyun who claimed to be a graduate student.