SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean novelist Cheon Myeong-kwan’s “Whale” has been shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize, the British literary awards said Tuesday. First published in South Korea in 2004, Cheon’s English-language debut, “Whale,” was among the six nominees announced by the Booker Prize Foundation on its website. Its translator, Kim [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean novelist Cheon Myeong-kwan’s “Whale” has been longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize, the British literary awards said Monday. Cheon’s 2004 novel, translated into English by Kim Chi-young, was among the 13 preliminary nominees announced by the Booker Prize Foundation on its website. The Booker Prize introduced [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean novelist Chung Bora has made it to the shortlist for the 2022 International Booker Prize, one of the three largest literary awards in the world. The author of “Cursed Bunny” was among the six finalists for the British prize, established in 2005 to honor an author and [...]