Han Kang (Korean: 한강; born November 27, 1970) is a South Korean writer. She won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction in 2016 for The Vegetarian, a novel which deals with a woman’s decision to stop eating meat and its devastating consequences. The novel is also one of the first of her books to be translated into English.
Han Kang
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韓江 (小説家), Gan Han, ガン ハン, and 14 others
한강, 江 韓, 한 강, ハン, ガン, Han, Gang, Gang Han, 강 한, Ko Kan, Kang Han, Han Kang, Han, Kang, コウ カン, 韓江, Kañ Han - Born:
- Nov. 27, 1970
