Han Kang is a well-known writer from South Korea, who is famous writing fiction novels. She is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize that was awarded to her for her widely popular book called The Vegetarian. This novel deals with the decision of a woman to stop consuming meat and the devastating consequences it has on her. Han had first written the novel in Korean, and it is among her initial novels to have been translated into English.
Han is the daughter of a renowned South Korean novelist named Han Seung-won. She was born on November 27, 1970, in Gwangju, South Korea. When she was 10 years old, her family moved to Suyuri, Seoul. Han has so fond of Suyuri that she has spoken words of affection about the place in her book called Greek Lessons. She completed her graduation in Korean literature at the Yonsei University. Han’s brother, Han Dong Rim, is also a novelist like her.
Books in order of publication (translated into English):
Novels
| The Vegetarian | (2007) | |
| Human Acts | (2014) | |
| The White Book | (2016) | |
| Greek Lessons | (2023) | |
| We Do Not Part. Translated by Emily Yae Won and Paige Aniyah Morris. London/New York: Hogarth | (2025) |
Short Stories/Novellas
| Convalescence | (2017) | |
| Europa | (2019) |
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