한강
Born 1970 · South Korea
Warwick Prize 2025 · Shortlist
작별하지 않는다 · Jakbyeolhaji anneunda
Han Kang · 51 when first published
Novel · 272 pages · Historical, War
Translated by e. yaewon, Paige Aniyah Morris
AI-generated summary:A novelist haunted by a dream of black logs standing like gravestones in a snowy field gets an urgent call from a friend in hospital, who begs her to go to her house on Jeju that very day to save the bird left there alone.
Also: Daesan 2022 winner
Warwick Prize 2024 · Shortlist
희랍어 시간 · Huirabeo sigan
Han Kang · 41 when first published
Novel · 192 pages
Translated by Deborah Smith, e. yaewon
AI-generated summary:In Seoul, a woman who has lost the power of speech takes classes in ancient Greek from a man who is slowly losing his sight, and the two withdrawn, isolated people gradually come closer.
International Booker 2018 · Shortlist
흰 · Huin
Han Kang · 46 when first published
Novel · 132 pages
Translated by Deborah Smith
AI-generated summary:One spring a writer resolves to set down everything white and begins with a list: swaddling bands, a newborn's gown, salt, snow, a shroud. Each item opens a short piece about something that can never be sullied.
Also: Warwick Prize 2018 shortlist
International Booker 2016 · Winner
채식주의자 · Chaesikjuuija
Han Kang · 37 when first published
Novel · 183 pages · Family
Translated by Deborah Smith
AI-generated summary:Yeong-hye, an ordinary married woman, suddenly refuses to eat meat, driven by a memory stamped on her in childhood, and begins to dream of becoming a tree, while those around her look on.
Yi Sang 2005 · Winner
몽고반점 · Monggo banjeom
Han Kang · 34 when first published
Short story · 183 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:A video artist becomes obsessed with his sister-in-law, who has stopped eating meat, after his wife mentions that she still has a Mongolian spot on her buttock, and asks her to model for his work.