Shin Kyung-sook
Shin Kyung-sook was born in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, South Korea on January 12th, 1963 and is the Korean Writer. At the age of 61, Shin Kyung-sook biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Kyung-Sook Shin won the Munye Joongang New Author Prize for her novella Winter Fables. She has won a wide variety of literary prizes, including the Today’s Young Artist Award from the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Hankook Ilbo Literature Prize; Hyundae Literature Award; Manhae Literature Prize; Dong-in Literary Award; Yi Sang Literary Award; and the Oh Yeongsu Literature Prize. In 2009 the French translation of her work A Lone Room, La Chambre solitaire, was one of the winners of the Prix de l'inaperçu, which recognizes excellent literary works which have not yet reached a wide audience. The international rights to the million-copy bestseller Please Look After Mother were sold in 19 countries, including the United States and various countries in Europe and Asia, beginning with China. The book was translated into English by Chi-young Kim, and released on March 31, 2011. Kyung-Sook Shin won the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize for Please Look After Mom, the first woman to do so.
- Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award (1995)
- Manhae Award for Literature (1996)
- Dong-in Literary Award (1997)
- 21st Century Literature Award (2000)
- Yi Sang Literary Award (2001)
- Oh Young-su Literary Award (2006)
- Prix de l'inaperçu (2009)
- Republic of Korea Culture and Arts Award (2011)
- Man Asian Literary Prize (2012)
- Mark of Respect Award (2012)
- Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club Foreign Public Relations Award - Literary Section (2012)
- Ho-Am Prize - Literature Award (2013)