Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Dublin Literary Award | 2018 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Han Kang's novel, translated from Korean by Deborah Smith, is set in the aftermath of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising in South Korea and follows the family and friends of a fourteen-year-old boy who is killed. Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.
About the Author
Han KangSouth Korean
Han Kang is a South Korean writer born on November 27, 1970, in Gwangju, South Korea, into a literary family—her father is the novelist Han Seung-won. Her family moved to Seoul when she was nine, just before the Gwangju Uprising, an event that profoundly influenced her writing. She graduated from Yonsei University in 1993 with a degree in Korean language and literature and began her literary career in the early 1990s. Read more →
