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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Gan Han, ハン, ガン, 韓江, and 14 others
Gang Han, Ko Kan, ガン ハン, 江 韓, Kañ Han, 한 강, Kang Han, Han, Kang, 韓江 (小説家), Han, Gang, 강 한, 한강, Han Kang, コウ カン - Born:
- Nov. 27, 1970