SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — British literary translator Deborah Smith, best known for translating 2024 Nobel laureate Han Kang’s “The Vegetarian,” said the author’s win of the prestigious award shows that the global literary world is moving toward greater equity. Han’s victory, as the first Asian woman to win in the prize’s 121-year history, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Following South Korean novelist Han Kang’s Nobel Prize win, the publishing house associated with her English translator has hailed the achievement as “a huge win for translated fiction.” Tilted Axis Press, co-founded by Deborah Smith, one of Han Kang’s translators, took to social media to express its jubilation on [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The English version of South Korean author Han Kang’s “The Vegetarian”, winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2016, has once again come under criticism for its many translation errors, this time in the form of a paper authored by esteemed translator Kim Dong-wook published in the 100th [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean novelist Han Kang, who won the Man Booker International Prize in 2016, has again been longlisted for the British literary award of world authority. Han’s “The White Book” was among the 13 contenders picked from 108 entries for the 2018 prize, according to the announcement on the [...]
ROME, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Writer Han Kang has been chosen to win this year’s Malaparte Prize, Italy’s most-authoritative literary award, for her latest work, the prize’s organizer said. Han was chosen Thursday for her 2014 novel “Human Acts” that tells the story of a young boy named Dong-ho who is killed in the military’s bloody crackdown on the [...]