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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]
Jul 28, 2023 · The Korean author of the International Booker Prize-winning novel The Vegetarian talks about its reception, impact and challenges in different languages and cultures. She also reflects on her writing process, themes and influences in this exclusive interview.
Jan 30, 2023 · Dennis Zhou interviews the author Han Kang about “The Middle Voice,” her story from the February 6, 2023, issue of The New Yorker.
Jan 8, 2018 · Han Kang seemed to fill that void—or begin to, at least. But if her success depended on mistranslation, how much had really got through? “The Vegetarian” (Hogarth) is fable-like in structure.
Han Kang was born in Gwangju in 1970. Since the age of ten, She grew up in Suyuri, Seoul after her family moved there. She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University. She made her literary debut as a poet by publishing five poems, including “Winter in Seoul”, in the winter issue of Munhak-gwa-sahoe (Literature and Society) in 1993.
Nov 27, 1970 · Han Kang is the daughter of novelist Han Seung-won. She was born in Kwangju and at the age of 10, moved to Suyuri (which she speaks of affectionately in her work "Greek Lessons") in Seoul. She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University.
Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. A recipient of the Yi Sang Literary Award, the Today’s Young Artist Award, and the Manhae Prize for Literature, she is the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the International Booker Prize; Human Acts; and The White Book.
