SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean novelist Hwang Sok-yong’s “Mater 2-10″ has been shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize, the British literary awards said Tuesday. Hwang’s novel, translated into English by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae, was announced as one of the six nominees by the Booker Prize Foundation on its [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean novelist Hwang Sok-yong’s “Mater 2-10″ has been longlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize, the British literary awards said Tuesday. Hwang’s novel, translated into English by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae, was announced as one of the 13 preliminary nominees by the Booker Prize Foundation on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Novelist Han Kang received a prestigious literary award in France last week for her book “I Do Not Bid Farewell.” “The Vegetarian” author, for which she won the International Booker Prize in 2016, said she would much like to “bid farewell” now to stories about South Korea’s tragic history, [...]