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Who Is Han Kang? The Man Booker International Prize Winner Has A Family History Of Writing

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http://www.bustle.com/articles/161190-who-is-han-kang-the-man-booker-international-prize-winner-has-a-family-history-of-writing
Journal
Bustle
Issued Date
May 16, 2016
Page
-
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)

On Monday evening, South Korean author Han Kang and British translator Deborah Smith received the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for best translated novel of the year for The Vegetarian. The pair will split the award's 50,000 pound cash prize. Han Kang, 45, the novel's author, is the first Korean writer to be nominated for the prize, and consequentially, the first Korean to win the prize. She is also the inaugural winner of the newly revamped Man Booker International Prize. Previously, the prize was given to an author for a body of work written in a different language and published in English. Now, the prize is given to the best single title translated into English in the year....     Source: http://www.bustle.com/articles/161190-who-is-han-kang-the-man-booker-international-prize-winner-has-a-family-history-of-writing

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