Lit in Translation

Ha Seong-nan

하성란

Born 1967 · South Korea

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Yi Sang 2012 · Excellence prize

    오후, 가로지르다

    Ohu, garojireuda

    Title translated by AI:“Afternoon, Crossing”

    Ha Seong-nan · 44 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:Office workers sit walled off in cubicles, an arrangement that spares them being exposed to everyone, yet leaves them side by side and out of touch, while loves that were lost slowly take shape in the background.

  • In English

    Yi Sang 2004 · Excellence prize

    Wafers

    그림자 아이 · Geurimja ai

    Ha Seong-nan · 36 when first published

    Short story · 350 pages

    AI-generated summary:His memory wiped out by an accident, a man lives in a sanatorium; his family's visits bring nothing back, and instead he grows fixated on a deserted bike fitted with a child's seat that stands in view of his window.

  • In English

    Yi Sang 2003 · Excellence prize

    Wafers

    자전소설 · Jajeon soseol

    Ha Seong-nan · 35 when first published

    Short story · 350 pages