Kang’s novels offer an important lens for understanding Korean history and politics, and the grief and strength of the Korean people.

Saito Mariko, received the Yomiuri Prize for Literature, announced the Literature Translation Institute of Korea on Thursday.

After 10 years as a biennial award for a body of work ... Han Kang. A woman casting a light on Korean patriarchy made for uncomfortable reading There was another problem, too. By the time Han won the ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) It's daunting to review a novel written by someone who ... a description that applies equally to this newly translated work. Review: We Do Not Part – Han Kang, translated by ...

In Han Kang’s Human Acts (2016), an 18-year-old who witnessed the violent put-down of a student protest, calls up the local administration’s offices every day to ask why the fountain in the ...

Saito has also translated several other works by the Korean author, including “The White Book,” “Greek Lessons” and “I Put the Evening in the Drawer.” In addition to Han Kang’s works ...

In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “We Do Not Part,” the Nobel laureate Han Kang’s novel about history, tragedy and the work of remembering. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin ...

By Han Kang. Translated by e ... “Sun-i Samch’on” (“Aunt Suni”) was the first work published in South Korea to address the tragedy. After its release in 1978 the novel was banned ...

In Han Kang’s latest novel ... more than three years after it was published in Korean. Her works on South Korea’s authoritarian past have seemed all the more relevant since December, when ...

An Evening of Exquisite Piano Mastery,” performed by the Han-Kang Duo, is part of the University of Wyoming Department of ...

Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra It’s daunting to review a novel written ... work. Review: We Do Not Part – Han Kang, translated ...