People's Prize
| People's Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best achievements in creative fields |
| Date | September 8, 1958–present |
| Country | North Korea |
| Presented by | People's Prize Awarding Commission |
The People's Prize (Korean: 인민상) is a North Korean arts and sciences award. It is awarded by the People's Prize Awarding Commission, which is working directly under the Cabinet of North Korea.[1] The prize can be granted to works of art or people. People's Prize has been an important award in the field of North Korean cinema.
The works and people that have received the People's Prize cover such varied fields as literature, gymnastics, Korean revolutionary opera, acupuncture and sculpture. The People's Prize has been received by people abroad.
History
[edit]The People's Prize was instituted on 8 September 1958.[2]
The first North Korean feature film My Hometown (1949) was directed by Kang Hongshik. It was the first of a film series to be awarded People's Prize. Kim Il Sung praised many of People's Prize winning movies from 1960s and 1970s of supplying an exhaustive answer to the issue of people's Chajusŏng.[3] The Workers' Party gives the award to those North Korean films and film-makers seen as fulfilling the role of an "excellent textbook" for the workers party.[3]
Some of the works, which did not become recognized as "Immortal classics", did earn People's Prize meant only for the best productions. One such production is a three-part film Five Guerilla Brothers (1968) directed by Choe Ik-gyu, and overseen by Kim Jong Il himself. Other films overseen by Kim to win the People's Prize were A Flowering Village and A Family of Workers (1971). In the case of the A Family of Workers, Kim Jong Il was reportedly not satisfied with the application of the seed theory.[4][5] However, some of Kim Jong Il's movies, such as Sea of Blood (1968) and Flower girl (1972), became "Immortal classics".[6]
In 1965 the Chongryon established Chosun University's teaching staff in Japan received the prize.[7]
Many of the works to obtain People's Prize are still highly regarded in North Korea. Reminiscences of the Anti-Japanese Guerillas is regarded as classic of literature of the Workers' Party, and was awarded People's Prize in 2012. It is still used in daily ideological study sessions at workplaces, and many of the memoirs have later been made into movies.[8][9]
People's Prize winner Kim Song-gun's major work Waves of the Sea Kumgang was used as a background for a group photo with Kim Jong Il and Bill Clinton during Clinton's visit to North Korea in 2009.[10] Kim Song-gun received the award for his painting Waves of the Sea Kumgang in 1999.[11]
List of works and people having received the prize
[edit]
Arts
[edit]- A granite sculpture Trumpeter of Advance (진격의 나팔수) (awarded in September 1988)[13]
- The Chollima Statue[12]
- Waves of the Sea Kumgang painted by Kim Song-gun (awarded in 1999)[14]
- O Hye-yong is a film scriptwriter known for adapting true stories into films.[15]
Books
[edit]- History (력사) by Han Sorya (1958)[16]
- Reminiscences of the Anti-Japanese Guerillas (awarded in March 2012)[8]
- Among the People (awarded in April 1992)[17]
Education
[edit]- Chosun University teaching staff received the prize on 8 January 1965.[7]
Gymnastics
[edit]- Ever-victorious Workers' Party of Korea (백전백승의 조선로동당) (awarded in 2011)[18]
- Korea of Chollima[19]
- Single-minded Unity (awarded in 2011)[18]
- Song of Korea[19]
- The People Sing of Their Leader (awarded in 2011)[18]
- Under the Banner of the Party (awarded in 1980)[20]
- We Will Defend Red Flag Under Leadership of Marshal[21] (awarded in 1996)[20]
Movies
[edit]- Girls at a Port ((포구의 처녀들)[page needed]
- A Red Agitator (붉은 선동원) (awarded in 1962)[22][page needed]
- Daughter of the Sun (태양의 딸) (awarded in 1962)[22][page needed]
- Demarcation village (분계선마을에서) (awarded in 1962)[22][page needed]
- The Flourishing Village[23]
- Five Guerilla Brothers[23]
- When Apples Are Picked (사과 딸 때)[24][page needed]
- The Brigade Commander's Former Superior (여단장의 옛 상관)[23]
- My Hometown[25]
- Sea of Blood[23]
- Sunflower (awarded in 1962)[22][page needed]
- Fate of a Self-defence Corps Man (한 자위단원의 운명)[23]
- The Spinner[26]
- A Worker's Family ((로동가정)[23][27]
- The Flower Girl[23]
- An Jung Gun Shoots Ito Hirobumi[23]
- Guarantee (보증)[28]
Musical plays
[edit]- Under a Bright Sun (밝은 태양아래에서) (awarded on 30 December 1962)[29]
Revolutionary opera
[edit]- The Story of a Nurse (한 간호원에 대한 이야기)[30]
Science
[edit]- Kim Bong-han received the prize on 2 February 1962 for his work on acupuncture.[31]
- Kye Ung-sang known for his research on eri and tussar silkworms received the prize in 1963.[32]
See also
[edit]
- List of awards for contributions to culture
- Kim Il Sung Prize
- Lenin Prize
- Orders and medals of North Korea
- People's Artist
References
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- ^ a b Lee 2000, pp. 37–42.
- ^ Johannes Schönherr (13 August 2012). North Korean Cinema: A History. McFarland. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-7864-9052-3.
- ^ Bradley K. Martin (1 April 2007). Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty. St. Martin's Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-4299-0699-9.
- ^ Cheung, Helier (2 January 2014). "Ten things: North Korea's film industry". BBC. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ a b "1965年". Chongryon (in Korean). 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Publication of Books on Greatness of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il Observed". KCNA. 27 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Reminiscences of Anti-Japanese Guerrillas, True Textbook of Life". KCNA. 2 February 2006. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Why dictators love kitch". www.nkeconwatch.com. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Kim Jong Un Sends Birthday Spreads to Intellectuals". KCNA. 14 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Chollima Statue, Symbol of Juche Korea". KCNA. 15 April 2006. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Samjiyon Revolutionary Battle Site". KCNA. April 2000. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "KIM Song Gun". galerie son. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Korean Film "Musician Jong Ryul Song" [Subtitles] / 조선영화 《음악가 정률성》. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Myers, Brian (1994). Han Sŏrya and North Korean Literature: The Failure of Socialist Realism in DPRK. Ithaca: East Asia Program, Cornell University. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-939657-84-1. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Book "Among People"(Vol. 100) off Press in DPRK". KCNA. 26 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b c "Anniversary of Korean Mass Gymnastics Production Company Marked". KCNA. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Mass gymnastic display in Korea". KCNA. 16 June 1988. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Mass gymnastic display production unit 29 years old". KCNA. November 2000. Archived from the original on 30 August 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "40th Anniversary of Korean Mass Gymnastics Production Company Celebrated". KCNA. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d T'ae-u Ko (2015). 북한사 다이제스트 100. Digest 100 series (in Korean). Karam Kihoek. ISBN 9788984353398.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lee 2000, p. 37.
- ^ Lee 2000.
- ^ Lee 2000, p. 35.
- ^ Hyangjin Lee (2000). Contemporary Korean Cinema: Culture, Identity and Politics. Manchester University Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-7190-6008-3.
- ^ David-West, Alzo (2009). "The Literary Ideas of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il: An Introduction to North Korean Meta-Authorial Perspectives" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ So, Hui Jo (2021). The Dream Comes True. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. p. 40. ISBN 978-9946-0-2002-0.
- ^ Yonhap News Agency, Seoul (27 December 2002). North Korea Handbook. M.E. Sharpe. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5.
- ^ "Singer Remaining in Memory of Korean People". KCNA. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Kim, Bong-han (1962). "Editor's note". Great discovery in biology and medicine: substance of Kyungrak. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. p. 4.
- ^ "Meritorious scientist enjoys eternal life". KCNA. 30 September 1999. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
Sources
[edit]- Lee, Hyangjin (2000). Contemporary Korean Cinema: Culture, Identity and Politics. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-6008-3.