Han Kang (Korean Writer) Age, Biography, Family

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Profession	Writer
Nationality	Korean
Date of Birth	27/11/1970
Age	55 years
Birthplace	Gwangju, South Jeolla, South Korea

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Other Name	Han Kang-hyun

School	Poongmoon High School
College/University	Yonsei University, Seoul (1989-1993) University of Iowa, United States
Major	Korean language and Literature from Yonsei University
Program	International Writing Program from University of Iowa

Marital Status	Divorced

Husband/Spouse	Hong Yong-hee (Literary Critic, Professor) (Deceased)
Children	Son - Yoon Ye-ji

Father	Han Seung-won (Novelist)
Mother	Im Gam-oh
Siblings	Brothers - Han Dong-rim (Novelist), Han Kang-in (Novelist, Cartoonist)

Awards, Honours	1999 - Korean Novel Award for 'Baby Buddha' 2000 - Korean Ministry of Culture Today's Young Artist Award – Literature Section 2005 - Yi Sang Literary Award for 'Mongolian Mark' 2010 - Dongri Literary Award for 'The Wind is Blowing' 2014 - Manhae Literary Award for 'Human Acts' 2015 - Hwang Sun-won Literary Award for 'While One Snowflake Melts' 2016 - International Booker Prize for 'The Vegetarian' 2017 - Malaparte Prize for 'Human Acts' 2018 - Kim Yu-jeong Literary Award for 'Farewell' 2019 - San Clemente Literary Prize for 'The Vegetarian' 2023 - Prix Médicis étranger (French Literary Award for 'We Do Not Part') 2024 - Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 - Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for 'We Do Not Part' 2024 - Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
Literary Contributions	Her career began with five poems published in 'Literature and Society' in 1993. In 1994, she won the New Year’s Literary Contest with her story 'The Scarlet Anchor'. She published her first short story collection 'A Love of Yeosu' in 1995. She quit her magazine job to focus on literature after her first collection. Worked as a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts from 2007 to 2018. Her novella 'Baby Buddha' was adapted into the film 'Scars' in 2011. Published her acclaimed novel 'The Vegetarian' in 2007, which won the International Booker Prize.

Awards, Honours

1999 - Korean Novel Award for 'Baby Buddha'
2000 - Korean Ministry of Culture Today's Young Artist Award – Literature Section
2005 - Yi Sang Literary Award for 'Mongolian Mark'
2010 - Dongri Literary Award for 'The Wind is Blowing'
2014 - Manhae Literary Award for 'Human Acts'
2015 - Hwang Sun-won Literary Award for 'While One Snowflake Melts'
2016 - International Booker Prize for 'The Vegetarian'
2017 - Malaparte Prize for 'Human Acts'
2018 - Kim Yu-jeong Literary Award for 'Farewell'
2019 - San Clemente Literary Prize for 'The Vegetarian'
2023 - Prix Médicis étranger (French Literary Award for 'We Do Not Part')
2024 - Nobel Prize in Literature
2024 - Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for 'We Do Not Part'
2024 - Ho-Am Prize in the Arts

Literary Contributions

Her career began with five poems published in 'Literature and Society' in 1993.
In 1994, she won the New Year’s Literary Contest with her story 'The Scarlet Anchor'.
She published her first short story collection 'A Love of Yeosu' in 1995.
She quit her magazine job to focus on literature after her first collection.
Worked as a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts from 2007 to 2018.
Her novella 'Baby Buddha' was adapted into the film 'Scars' in 2011.
Published her acclaimed novel 'The Vegetarian' in 2007, which won the International Booker Prize.

Book	'The Brothers Lionheart' by Astrid Lindgren
Writer(s)	Lim Chul-woo Dostoevsky

1. Raised in a middle-class South Korean family known as the 'family of writers'.
2. Served multiple terms as class president due to her leadership skills.
3. Moved to Suyu-ri, Seoul at the age of 9.
4. Deeply influenced by the tragic Gwangju massacre sparked by a student-led demonstration in 1980.
5. Inspired to write after witnessing her father's literary success.
6. Participated in the literary scene from a young age, focusing on themes of humanity.