![]() ![]() I have tried my best to come back to my desk again. Does the International Man Booker Prize have a special meaning to you?Īfter the prize, my everyday life in Korea has been changed. The Vegetarian originally appeared in Korea in 2007 Image: Hogarth Verlag Since this year - after the prize - it has become a bestseller. ![]() It has been a steady seller, but it was not broadly accepted by the ordinary audience. Has your book been a bestseller in Korea? Especially since I wrote this novel 11 years ago. I was surprised and I feel it is very weird - in a good way. This spring you received the International Man Booker Prize 2016 - nine years after the original publication of "The Vegetarian." Were you surprised by its success after the English translation appeared? Before that, the book had been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Polish, Spanish and Portuguese. Han Kang: The license for the English translation was only sold in 2013, I believe. Why was it translated so many years later? ![]() She loves to sing, which you can see on YouTube, where she has published recordings of herself singing her own ballads.ĭW's Sabine Peschel sat down with the author at the Literature Festival in Berlin to discuss Han Kang's award-winning book "The Vegetarian" and see what else she has in store.ĭW: You originally published "The Vegetarian" in 2007. A 45-year-old teacher of creative writing, Han Kang comes from a family of writers in her native South Korea, she is the most acclaimed female author of her generation, publishing short stories, novels and a poetry chapbook. ![]()
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