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InKo Centre and the Arts Council Korea (ARKO) are delighted to support Korean
novelist, Honggyu Son at the Sangam House Writing Residency, at Adi Shakti,
Auroville from 4 - 31 Jan 2009.
The Sangam House Writing Residency Programme starting in
December 2008 is the inaugural undertaking of what will become an
on-going annual programme in arts and letters located in India. The
residency is conceived and co-ordinated by Arshia Sattar from India and
DW Gibson from USA. The word sangam in Sanskrit literally means “going
together.” In most Indian languages, sangam has come to mean such
confluences as the flowing together of rivers and coincidence.The intention of Sangam House is to bring together writers from
around the world to live and work in a safe, peaceful setting.Partnering with local organizations and
individuals on each continent, Sangam House aims to secure diverse and
peaceful havens for writers to work and meet.
The following organisations currently partner Sangam House: Danish
Council for the Arts; InKo Centre, Arts Council Korea, Finnish Literature Exchange
(FILI); Random House India; Penguin India; freeDimensional; Neemrana Hotels;
Lavanya Sankaran; The Centre for Communication and Development Studies;
Sahitya Akademi (The Indian National Academy for Letters).
Korean novelist, Son Honggyu will join the Sangam House Writing
residency at Adi Shakti, Auroville from 4 - 31 Jan 2009. Honggyu Son was born
in Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, Korea in 1975. He graduated from Dongguk
University as a Korean Language and Literature major. He completed the
course in Korean Language and Literature at Graduate School of Dongguk
University. Receiving the Best New Writer of Jakgasegye(The World of
Writers) in 2001, He started his career as a writer. He was granted Daesan
Creative Writing Funds. He wrote Saramui Shinwha (The Myth of Human
Being), Bongseobi Garasadae(As Bongseob Says…), Gwishinui Sidae(The Age
of Ghosts).
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