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Korean fiction: a bold new wave

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Korean fiction: a bold new wave
Article
https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/bnCyl6IlHhtC4nJ4ljUqDO/Korean-fiction-a-bold-new-wave.html
Journal
Livemint
Issued Date
November 17, 2017
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
INDIA
City
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Book
The Vegetarian , The White Book , The Impossible Fairytale , One Hundred Shadows , Please Look After Mom , THE HEN WHO DREAMED SHE COULD FLY
Writer
Han Kang , Han Yujoo , Hwang Jungeun , Bae Suah , Shin Kyung-sook , Hwang Sun-mi
Translator
Deborah Smith,Janet Hong,정예원,Chi-Young Kim

About the Author

Han Kang
  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 166
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  • English(English)

The South Korean writer Han Kang is a synecdoche of contemporary Korean fiction in translation today. The 2016 Man Booker International Prize can be singled out as an example of a prize that did for a country’s literary market what prizes manifestly do for an individual author: Provide instant international visibility.

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  • Please Look After Mom
    Indonesian(Bahasa Indonesia) Book Available
    Please Look After Mom
    Kyung-Sook Shin / 신경숙 / 2011
  • すばる
    Japanese(日本語) Book Available
    すばる
    Kyung-Sook Shin et al / 신경숙 et al / 1998
  • 单人房
    Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    单人房
    Kyung-Sook Shin et al / 신경숙 / 2006

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