Question: Han Kang, the winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize is essentially a writer of which of the following language?
(a) Japanese
(b) French
(c) Thai
(d) Korean
Ans:(d)
Related facts:
- On 16 May 2016 South Korean author Han Kang, won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’.
- The novel was translated in English by Deborah Smith and is published by Portobello Books.
- The cash prize of £25,000 was given to both author and translator, along with a newly designed trophy.
- They have also received a further £1,000 each for being shortlisted.
- With this Han becomes the first South Korean to win this prestigious literary prize.
- The prize ceremony was held at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
- Han is a South Korean author who currently teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. The Vegetarian is her first novel to be translated into English.
- She has been already awarded with the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today’s Young Artist Award, and the Korean Literature Novel Award.
- The Man Booker International Prize is an international literary award hosted in Britain it is sponsored by the Man Group, from 2005 until 2015 the award was given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation.
Reference:
http://themanbookerprize.com/international/news/vegetarian-wins-man-booker-international-prize-2016
http://themanbookerprize.com/international