Activities
NAA Award
- Activities
- NAA Award
National Academy of Arts of the Republic of Korea Award
The National Academy of Arts of the Republic of Korea Award, first held in 1955, is one of the most authoritative awards ceremonies for Korean writers and artists. Prizes are awarded to artists who have rendered meritorious services in artistic research or creation so as to motivate artists and contribute to the development of arts and culture.
- CategoriesLiterature, Fine Art, Music, and TheaterㆍFilmㆍDance
(4 categories) - Number
of winners1 winner for each
category (4 winners in total) - PrizesA certificate of
merit, a badge, and KRW 50 million
being awarded to
each winner - Awards
ceremonyIn early September
in NAA Conference Room
Screening of candidates
- Receiving candidate recommendations
- - Announcing the guidelines for candidate recommendations in major daily newspapers
- - Receiving recommendations from NAA members, direc
- Screening candidates
- - The Committee of Divisional Screening of Can didates for NAA Award reviews the qualifications of recommended
- Screening final candidates
- - The Committee of Final Screening of Candi dates for NAA Award reviews the qualifications of final candidates
Selection of winners
- members attend the General Meeting and over half of these attenWinners are selected when over half of NAA dees show their support.
- Former Winners
- - A total of 204 award winners from the 1st (1955) to 61st (2016) NAA Award
- - No. of winners in each category: Literature: 56, Fine Art: 57, Music: 45, Theater∙ Film ∙ Dance: 46
