Love Korean Dramas? These Korean books in translation should be your next stop

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Article: https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/korean-books-in-translation-you-should-read
Journal: Vogue India
Issued Date: March 27, 2022
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: INDIA
City: Mumbai
Book: On the Origin of Species and Other Stories , Love in the Big City , Human Acts , VIOLETS , Cursed Bunny , Grass , Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Writer: Bo-yong Kim , Park Sang Young , Han Kang , Shin Kyung-sook , Bora Chung , Kim Keumsuk , Cho Nam-ju
Translator: Sora Kim-Russell,Lee Jeongmin,Anton Hur,Deborah Smith,Janet Hong,Jamie Chang

About the Author

Bo-yong Kim
Birth : 1975 ~ -
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Bo-yong
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김보영
ISNI : 0000000464574302
Works : 10

Sang Young Park
Birth : 1988 ~ -
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Sang Young
Family Name : Park
Korean Name : 박상영
ISNI : 000000046826239X
Works : 14

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

Kyung-Sook Shin
Birth : 1963 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Kyung-sook
Family Name : Shin
Korean Name : 신경숙
ISNI : 000000008374681X
Works : 137

Bora Chung
Birth : 1976 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Bora
Family Name : Chung
Korean Name : 정보라
ISNI : 0000000463322293
Works : 17

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Birth : 1971 ~ -
Occupation : Cartoonist
First Name : Keumsuk
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김금숙
ISNI : 0000000477401160
Works : 39

Cho Nam-ju
Birth : 1978 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Nam-ju
Family Name : Cho
Korean Name : 조남주
ISNI : 0000000460558831
Works : 70

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If you have been binge-watching Korean dramas and films since Parasite’s Oscar win, followed Yoon Se-ri on her journey through Crash Landing on You, or obsessively discussed Ali’s choices in Squid Game with your friends, here’s a definitive list of contemporary Korean books in translation from the land of talented storytellers that should be on your 2022 reading list.

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