page_title: Kim Seong-kon
section_title: Awards and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Kim Seong-kon / Awards and honors
caption_attribution_description: 한국어: 뉴욕주립대학교로부터 명예 인문학 박사학위를 받음 (2017. 5. 19.)
context_page_description: Kim Seong-Kon, also known as Seong-Kon Kim is a South Korean academic, literary critic, film critic, columnist, editor and writer.
  Kim was the President of the LTI Korea in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea, which was an undersecretary-level position. He was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees at LTI Korea. In February 2015 Kim was reappointed President of LTI Korea by the Korean government to lead the institution for another three years. Kim is also former Dean and Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University where he was selected for the Distinguished Professor for Research Award seven times. In 2015, Kim received the Distinguished Teaching Professor Award from the Central Government Officials’ Training Institute in the Ministry of Interior and his name entered the Hall of Fame in 2018. In 2016, Kim was appointed as an undersecretary level member of the Public Diplomacy Council in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
context_section_description: La Orden del Merito Civil (The Order of Chivalry), Spain, 2018
  Order of the Jade (for Distinguished Service), South Korea, 2014
  Medal of Cultural Diplomacy, The Czech Republic, 2013
  Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, Central, Officials Training Institute, 2014
  Best Public Institution Director Award, Ministry of Culture, 2013
  SUNY International Distinguished Alumni Award, 2012.
  SNU Distinguished Research Award, (7 times), 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  Fulbright Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2010
  CU Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2009
  SNU Best Institute Director Award, 2003, 2004
  Wu Ho Humanities Award, 2014
  50 Best Literary Critics in the 20th Century, selected, Association of Korean Literary Critics, 2014
  Best Books of 2010 awarded by the National Academy of Sciences (Literature in the Age of Hybrid Cultures)
  Kim Hwantae Literary Award for Criticism, 2008
  Today's Book Award, for Interviews with American Writers, 1985
  Books of the Year, awarded by the Ministry of Culture (3 times)
  Selected “2012 Best Literary Criticism” (“Literature and Game”)
  Selected “Best Book on Literature and Film” Essays on Film, 1992
  Representative Translator of Korea, selected, Journal of Publications, 1990
  Selected "Best Books in the 1990s" by Kyobo Essay on Film
  Selected “24 Best Books on Foreign Literature since the Liberation” Words in the Labyrinth: Interviews with American Writers, 1989
  Selected “Representative Books of the 1980s” American Literature in the Postmodern Age, 1989
  SNU President's Distinguished Service Plaque, 2001, 2011, 2014
  SNU Outstanding Service Award, 2004
  Korea Research Foundation Overseas Teaching Grant, 1996-1997
  British Council Grant, 1991 (Oxford University)
  Canadian Faculty Enrichment Grant, 1991 (University of Toronto)
  Asian Scholar-in-Residence Award, Pennsylvania State University, 1990-1991
  Fulbright Scholarship, 1978-1984
  SNU  Overseas Research Grant (UC Berkeley/ Harvard)
  Superintendent Award for the Valedictorian, 1967
  Minister of Education Award, 1966
caption: Kim received an honorary doctoral degree in humane letters from the State University of New York.
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