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18 Must-Read Korean Novels in English

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18 Must-Read Korean Novels in English

Article: https://booksandbao.com/korean-novels-in-translation/
Journal: Books&Bao
Issued Date: March 17, 2023
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
City: -
Book: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 , Love in the Big City , VIOLETS , I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki , The Plotters , Tower , I’m Waiting For You , The Age of Doubt , My Brilliant Life , The Court Dancer , Untold Night and Day , b, Book, and Me , The Hole , The White Book , At dusk , ENDLESS BLUE SKY , City of Ash and Red
Writer: Cho Nam-ju , Park Sang Young , Shin Kyung-sook , Baek Se Hee , Kim Un-su , Bae Myung-hoon , Bo-yong Kim , Pak Kyongni , Kim Ae-ran , Bae Suah , Kim Sagwa , Pyun Hye Young , Han Kang , Hwang Sok-yong , Lee Hyoseok
Translator: Jamie Chang,안톤허,Anton Hur,Sora Kim-Russell,Sung Ryu,Sung Ryu,Sophie Bowman,Sophie Bowman,Anton Hur,Slin Jung,You Jeong Kim,Paige Aniyah Morris,Mattho Mandersloot,Emily Yae Won,Dasom Yang,Chi-Young Kim,Deborah Smith,Sunhee Jeong,Steven D. Capener

About the Author

Kim Un-su
Birth : 1972 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Un-su
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김언수
ISNI : 000000043496828X
Works : 39

Bae Su-ah
Birth : 1965 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Suah
Family Name : Bae
Korean Name : 배수아
ISNI : 0000000362669423
Works : 29

Kim Ae-ran
Birth : 1980 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Ae-ran
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김애란
ISNI : 0000000044728635
Works : 63

Pak Kyongni
Birth : 1926 ~ 2008
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Kyongni
Family Name : Pak
Korean Name : 박경리
ISNI : 0000000081196148
Works : 59

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Lee Hyoseok
Birth : 1907 ~ 1942
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Hyoseok
Family Name : Lee
Korean Name : 이효석
ISNI : 0000000083795582
Works : 39

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Cho Nam-ju
Birth : 1978 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Nam-ju
Family Name : Cho
Korean Name : 조남주
ISNI : 0000000460558831
Works : 73

Hwang Sok-yong
Birth : 1943 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Sok-yong
Family Name : Hwang
Korean Name : 황석영
ISNI : 0000000121322250
Works : 147

Han Kang
Birth : 1970 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Kang
Family Name : Han
Korean Name : 한강
ISNI : 0000000054537103
Works : 211

Shin Kyung-sook

Kyung-Sook Shin
Birth : 1963 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Kyung-sook
Family Name : Shin
Korean Name : 신경숙
ISNI : 000000008374681X
Works : 138

Kim Sagwa(Apple Kim)
Birth : 1984 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Sagwa
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김사과
ISNI : 0000000355940908
Works : 8

PYUN HYE YOUNG
Birth : 1972 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Hye Young
Family Name : Pyun
Korean Name : 편혜영
ISNI : 0000000380038967
Works : 43

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Bae Myung-hoon
Birth : 1978 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Myung-hoon
Family Name : Bae
Korean Name : 배명훈
ISNI : 0000000054946791
Works : 9

Park Sang Young

Sang Young Park
Birth : 1988 ~ -
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Sang Young
Family Name : Park
Korean Name : 박상영
ISNI : 000000046826239X
Works : 25

Baek Se Hee
Birth : 1990 ~ 2025
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Se Hee
Family Name : Baek
Korean Name : 백세희
ISNI : 0000000468735222
Works : 19

Bo-yong Kim
Birth : 1975 ~ -
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Bo-yong
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김보영
ISNI : 0000000464574302
Works : 20

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