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Ho-yeon Kim, novelist. 
(Photo courtesy of Yonhap News Agency)

Kim Ho-yeon, author of the bestselling The Second Chance Convenience Store series (formerly published in English as Uncanny Convenience Store), will serve as the first writer in residence in the Yang Won Sun Foundation Korean Writers in Residence Programme, supported by the Yang Won Sun Foundation and hosted by the Department of Korean Studies at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. The series has sold over 1.5 million copies in Korea and has been translated into multiple languages.

Beginning in March 2026, Kim will spend three months in Kraków leading creative writing workshops and lectures for Korean Studies students at Jagiellonian University. He will also work one-on-one with aspiring writers and join academic programmes with Korean Studies scholars from Poland and across Europe. Literary events and public programmes in the city will bring him directly to local readers as well.

Jagiellonian University, founded in 1364, is the oldest university in Poland and one of Europe’s most storied academic institutions. Its Department of Korean Studies, headed by Prof. Renata Czekalska, is a leading centre for research and teaching on Korean language, literature, history, and society in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Yang Won Sun Foundation Korean Writers in Residence Programme brings Korean writers into university communities and public life through sustained literary engagement. Through this programme, the Foundation hopes to see Korean literature reach new readers across Poland and Europe and deepen the connection between Korean writing and the scholars and students who study it.

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GRANTEE

Department of Korean Studies, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University

PROJECT NAME

Yang Won Sun Foundation Korean Writers in Residence Programme

LOCATION

Kraków, Poland