![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her literary debut was in 1985, at the age of 22, with the novella Winter’s Fable which went on to win the Munye Joongang New Author Prize. This has been followed by seven novels, six short story collections and several non-fiction books that have won a wide range of literary prizes including the Hyundae Literature Award, Hankook Ilbo Literature Prize, Manhae Literature Prize, Yi Sang Literary Award, Dong-in Literary Award and the Prix de l’inaperçu. ![]() She juggled working in an electronics plant during the day while studying at night. The notable author left her hometown at the age of fifteen to attend a night school program for low-income households. Shin was born in 1963 in a village near Jeongeup in Jeolla Province in southern Korea. In March 2012 Shin was awarded The Man Asian Literary Prize -beating out Haruki Murakami, Amitav Ghosh, Banana Yoshimoto, and other worthy rivals for the prestigious prize. Kyung-sook Shin is the bestselling author of Please Look After Mom which was published in nineteen countries and has sold over a million copies. Kyung-sook Shin’s answers were translated by Charlie Chung ![]()
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