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Han Kang | |
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 Han Kang at SIBF 2014 | |
| Born | November 27, 1970 Gwangju, South Korea |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Korean |
| Alma mater | Yonsei University |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | The Vegetarian Human Acts |
| Notable awards | Man Booker International Prize 2016 Yi Sang Literary Award 2005 |
| Parents | Han Seung-won (father) |
| Website | |
| www | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 한강 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Han Gang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han Kang |
Han Kang (Korean: 한강; born November 27, 1970) is a South Korean writer.[1][2] She won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction in 2016 for The Vegetarian, a novel about a woman's descent into mental illness and neglect from her family.[3] The novel is also one of the first of her books to be translated into English.[4]
- ^ "Eyes that Pierce into the Hinterland of Life Novelist Han Kang". Korean Literature Now (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "한강 " biographical PDF available at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Alter, Alexandra (17 May 2016), "Han Kang Wins Man Booker International Prize for Fiction With 'The Vegetarian'", The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 May 2016, retrieved 17 May 2016
- ^ Fan, Jiayang (8 January 2018). "Han Kang and the Complexity of Translation". The New Yorker. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
In 2016, "The Vegetarian" became the first Korean-language novel to win the Man Booker International Prize, which was awarded to both its author, Han Kang, and its translator, Deborah Smith.