LONDON, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In the United Kingdom, the field of Korean Studies is experiencing a significant upswing, with graduates increasingly finding diverse career paths and contributing to cultural diplomacy. Deborah Smith, the translator who brought Nobel laureate Han Kang’s “The Vegetarian” to international acclaim, exemplifies this trend. Smith, a graduate of the School [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Two films based on the works of Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang will receive special screening sections later this week, CJ CGV said Monday. The films, “The Vegetarian” and “Scars,” will be shown on Thursday, in celebration of the Korean novelist’s recent Nobel literature award, according to the multiplex [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Vegetarian,” a Man Booker International-winning novel by South Korean author Han Kang, will make a theatrical debut in the writer’s home country next year. The National Theater Company of Korea plans to premier the theater version of “The Vegetarian” from May to June next year at its Theater [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean novelist Han Kang, the 2016 winner of the Man Booker International Prize, has been shortlisted for the British literary award of world authority, the organizer said Thursday (British local time). Han’s “The White Book” is among the six finalists for the 2018 Man Booker prize. The 2015 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Books by authors whose reputation extends beyond South Korea are proving to be popular amongst foreign media covering the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. Books by Han Kang, who was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2016 for novel The Vegetarian, are the most popular, followed by fellow South [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – “Doubting whether I could really write well was the biggest obstacle I had to overcome. I tried to remember that I was desperate to write every time I felt that way.” Han Kang, who recently won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction with her novel “The Vegetarian”, sat down for [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of novels in May spiked after Han Kang’s win of the Man Booker International Prize for her novel The Vegetarian. Online bookstore Yes24 revealed Monday that May sales of novels increased by 58.6 percent from its average monthly sales until April this year. Domestic novels accounted for 46.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Ever since Korean novelist Hang Kang received the world-renowned Man Booker international literary award, attention has been growing in literary circles as to which Korean novelists will carry on the globalization of Korean literature. Various domestic novelists are being introduced to overseas countries one by one due to the [...]