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Violence and Being Human: A Conversation with Han Kang

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Article
http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2016/may/violence-and-being-human-conversation-han-kang-krys-lee
Journal
World Literature Today
Issued Date
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Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
New York
Book
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Writer
Han Kang

About the Author

  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 161
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  • English(English)

Born in South Korea in 1970, Han Kang made her literary debut as a poet in 1993. She has since published novels and short fiction and won the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today’s Young Artist Award, and the Manhae Literary Prize. She currently works as a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. The Vegetarian, Deborah Smith’s English translation of one of Han Kang’s five novels, has been shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. In The Vegetarian, a married woman rebels against strict Korean social mores by becoming a vegetarian, leading her husband to assert himself through acts of sexual sadism. Here, author Krys Lee speaks with Han Kang about her development as a writer and the recurring theme of violence in her work.   Source: http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2016/may/violence-and-being-human-conversation-han-kang-krys-lee

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