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Title; 'Peony' (6th Hyun Jin-geon Literary Award Winner) Author; Lee Hwa-gyeong *Hello? This is Genie. Today, I will tell you about Lee Hwa-gyeong's short story 'Peony'. This novel is the winner of the 6th Hyun Jin-geon Literary Award, and with its concise writing style and excellent structure, it depicts a 'terrible love' that could perhaps be called a regretful love. The woman lived her whole life with unceasing love and waiting, even though she knew that her love was over long ago, but in the end, the man never came. Even though we know that love is a fleeting flower like a peony that blooms for only five days in spring, we wait for that love and leave it in our hearts. [Lee Hwa-gyeong] She began her literary career in 1997 by publishing the short story 'Round Leaf Morning Glory' in World Literature. Written books such as 'Sign Language', 'The River That Burns Butterflies', 'The Swindler - The Man Who Reads Books in Joseon Who Teasing Joseon with One Story', 'Greed - Love Swallows Everything', 'The Cat Playing Hwatu', 'The Shadow Dog', 'Georgia O'Keeffe and Stieglitz', 'Staying Up All Night with Virginia Woolf', 'Reading Passion', 'Don't Cry, Tears Will Melt Your Body', 'Love, Write, and Destroy', and 'The Top'. Awards: 2012 Violet Flower Commoners' Novel Award 2014 Hyun Jin Geon Literary Award Recent works: 'What Do I Think About Without End', 'The Top', 'Station, Moving Memory' #GenieRadio #KoreanShortStories #Audiobook #TheWomanWhoReadsBooks [Timeline] 00:00:08 Intro 00:01:04 Text