Article about the South Korean writer Kyung-sook Shin, who in March became the first woman and the first Korean to win the Man Asian Literary Prize, for her novel “Please Look After Mom.” While in NYC for the paperback release in April, Ms. Shin met with Liesl Schillinger for Newsweek Daily Beast to discuss the Asian Booker prize, her career, her upbringing, her literary influences, and her humanitarian concerns.
An archive of articles by Liesl Schillinger, published from 1991 to present, along with a scattering of unpublished essays. (90 down, 900 to go...)
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May 4, 2012
SEOUL WOMAN: Kyung-sook Shin's Man Asian Booker Win (Daily Beast, 5/4/2012)