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K-Pop? K-Style? Now It's K-Book!
www.koreaittimes.com
[Korea IT Times (press release)] - “Please Look After Mom”, the work of a popular Korean novelist, Kyung-sook Shin is among the very few global bestsellers. It was translated into 17 languages, and its publication rights were sold to 34 countries. Prof. Ran-do Kim's “Youth, It's Painful
Guardian: Man Asian literary prize loses sponsorship
[The Guardian] - Man has sponsored the $30,000 award – won in the past by Chinese author Su Tong, Filipino writer Miguel Syjuco and South Korean Kyung-sook Shin – since it was set up in But in a struggling market that has seen the hedge fund manager announce
Hilary Mantel Wins The Booker Prize With 'Bring Up The Bodies'
www.huffingtonpost.com
[Huffington Post] saw the creation of the Man Asian Literary Prize, an annual award given to the best novel by an Asian writer written in or translated into English. Last year's winner was Kyung-sook Shin with Please Look After Mom.
Talks@Willoughby presents Kyung-sook Shin
north-shore-times.whereilive.com.au
[North Shore Times] - Kyung-sook Shin is one of South Korea's most widely read novelists and was the first woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in Making its English language debut in April 2011, Please Look After Mother is now available in 31 countries. The talk
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