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Booker triumph ushers in new era for South Korean writers

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Article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3594275/Booker-triumph-ushers-new-era-South-Korean-writers.html
Journal
Daily Mail
Issued Date
May 17, 2016
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
City
London
Book
-
Writer
Han Kang

About the Author

  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 160
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  • English(English)

South Korean writer Han Kang's Booker prize marks a major victory for a decade-long effort to drag one of Asia's oldest but, until recently, least-known literary traditions into the global market. Literary merits aside, the success of Han's novel "The Vegetarian" was aided by a number of factors that have coincided with South Korea's emergence as an increasingly prominent player on the global cultural stage. An institute dedicated to translating new works, a fresh breed of writers with a more international outlook and a new generation of talented, dedicated translators have all played their part -- and, publishing insiders say, will all share in Han's triumph....     Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3594275/Booker-triumph-ushers-new-era-South-Korean-writers.html

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