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Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' Wins Man Booker Fiction Prize

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Article
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/05/16/arts/ap-eu-britain-man-booker-international.html?_r=0
Journal
The New York Times
Issued Date
May 16, 2016
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
New York
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)

LONDON — South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction Monday with "The Vegetarian," an unsettling novel in which a woman's decision to stop eating meat has devastating consequences. Han beat literary stars including elusive Italian author Elena Ferrante and Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk for the 50,000-pound ($72,000) prize, awarded during a ceremony at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Literary critic Boyd Tonkin, chair of the panel that chose the winner from 155 entries, said Han's book combined "tenderness and terror" in a tale of "volcanic, visceral intensity." The award is the international counterpart to Britain's prestigious Booker Prize and is open to books published in any language that have been translated into English....     Source: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/05/16/arts/ap-eu-britain-man-booker-international.html?_r=0

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