23 Must-Read Korean Novels in English

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23 Must-Read Korean Novels in English

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Article: https://booksandbao.com/korean-novels-in-translation/
Journal: Books and Bao
Issued Date: November 03, 2023
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
City: -
Book: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 , Love in the Big City , VIOLETS , GREEK LESSONS , Walking Practice , I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki , The Plotters , The Cabinet , Tower , I’m Waiting For You , The Specters of Algeria , 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 , To the warm horizon , ENDLESS BLUE SKY , City of Ash and Red
Writer: Cho Nam-ju , Park Sang Young , Shin Kyung-sook , Han Kang , Dolki Min , Baek Se Hee , Kim Un-su , Bae Myung-hoon , Bo-yong Kim , Hwang Yeo Jung , Pak Kyongni , Kim Ae-ran , Bae Suah , Kim Sagwa , Pyun Hye Young , Hwang Sok-yong , Choi Jin Young , Lee Hyoseok
Translator: Jamie Chang,Anton Hur,Jung Bum Hur,Deborah Smith,이예원,Victoria Caudle,Sora Kim-Russell,Sean Lin Halbert,Sung Ryu,Sung Ryu,Sophie Bowman,정예원,Sophie Bowman,Anton Hur,Slin Jung,You Jeong Kim,Paige Aniyah Morris,Mattho Mandersloot,Emily Yae Won,Dasom Yang,Chi-Young Kim,Sunhee Jeong,Soje,Steven D. Capener

About the Author

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

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

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

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

Dolki Min
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : 문학가
First Name : Dolki
Family Name : Min
Korean Name : 돌기민
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Baek Se Hee
Birth : 1990 ~ -
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Se Hee
Family Name : Baek
Korean Name : 백세희
ISNI : 0000000468735222
Works : 17

Kim Un-su
Birth : 1972 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Un-su
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김언수
ISNI : 000000043496828X
Works : 36

Bae Myung-hoon
Birth : 1978 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Myung-hoon
Family Name : Bae
Korean Name : 배명훈
ISNI : 0000000054946791
Works : 8

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

Hwang Yeo Jung
Birth : - ~ -
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Yeo Jung
Family Name : Hwang
Korean Name : 황여정
ISNI : -
Works : 1

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

Kim Ae-ran
Birth : 1980 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Ae-ran
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김애란
ISNI : 0000000044728635
Works : 57

Bae Su-ah
Birth : 1965 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Suah
Family Name : Bae
Korean Name : 배수아
ISNI : 0000000362669423
Works : 27

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 : 38

Hwang Sok-yong
Birth : 1943 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Sok-yong
Family Name : Hwang
Korean Name : 황석영
ISNI : 0000000121322250
Works : 136

Choi Jin-Young
Birth : 1981 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Jin Young
Family Name : Choi
Korean Name : 최진영
ISNI : 0000000460166053
Works : 8

Lee Hyoseok
Birth : 1907 ~ 1942
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Hyoseok
Family Name : Lee
Korean Name : 이효석
ISNI : 0000000083795582
Works : 37

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English(English)

Ask anyone with at least one eye on world literature in translation which countries are putting out the most groundbreaking novels, and they will likely mention South Korea. Korean novels frequently bend and break genres, explore often untouched social and political themes, and speak to our very souls.

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Indonesian(Bahasa Indonesia) Book Available
Please Look After Mom
Kyung-Sook Shin / 신경숙 / 2011
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金药局家的女儿们
Pak Kyongni et al / 박경리 / 2005
Japanese(日本語) Book Available
すばる
Kyung-Sook Shin et al / 신경숙 et al / 1998