Min Jin Lee

For the go player, see Lee Minjin.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee
Born (1968-11-11) November 11, 1968 (age 55)
Seoul, South Korea
EducationYale University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)
SpouseChristopher Duffy
Children1
Min Jin Lee
Hangul
이민진
Revised RomanizationYi Minjin
McCune–ReischauerYi Minjin

Min Jin Lee (Korean: 이민진; born November 11, 1968) is a Korean American author and journalist based in Harlem, New York City; her work frequently deals with the Korean diaspora.[1] She is best known for writing Free Food for Millionaires (2007) and Pachinko (2017), a finalist for the National Book Award, and runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2024, the New York Times asked 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers to vote for 100 Best Books of the 21st Century and Lee's book Pachinko was number 15 on the list. Pachinko was number 5 on the Reader's Version of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum awarded the 2024 Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence to Min Jin Lee, recognizing her for continuing the American storytelling tradition with the craft, wit, and social insight exemplified by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

In 2019, Lee became a writer-in-residence at Amherst College in Massachusetts.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Min Jin Lee", KQED Arts, archived from the original on February 26, 2018, retrieved September 29, 2011
  2. ^ "Writer Min Jin Lee to Teach at College". The Amherst Student. September 26, 2018. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  3. ^ Amherst (September 2023). "Faculty & Staff". Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.