Kyung-Sook Shin | |
|---|---|
 Kyung-Sook Shin | |
| Born | 12 January 1963 Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, South Korea |
| Occupation | Novelist, Writer |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Period | 1985 - |
| Notable works | Please Look After Mother (2009) |
| Notable awards | Yi Sang Literary Award |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 신경숙 |
| Hanja | 申京淑 |
| Revised Romanization | Sin Gyeongsuk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin Kyŏngsuk |
Kyung-Sook Shin, also Shin Kyung-sook[1] or Shin Kyoung-sook (Korean: 신경숙, born 12 January 1963), is a South Korean writer.[2] She was the only South Korean and only woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 for Please Look After Mom.[3]
- ^ "Author Database". LTI Korea. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ^ "신경숙" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Shin Kyung-sook the First Korean to Win Man Asian Prize" Chosun Ilbo. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-16