The Vegetarian by Han Kang Wins Man Booker International Prize
Author Han Kang and translator Deborah Smith were awarded The Man Booker International Prize for Han's novel The Vegetarian, translated from the Korean by Smith.
The novel is about a woman disturbed by violent images who decides to stop eating meat. Among her South Korean family, this decision is considered socially unacceptable. Her relationships begin to fall apart as she is accused of everything from dangerous subversion to mental illness.
This is the first book translated by Deborah Smith who began teaching herself Korean in 2010 when she noticed a lack of Korean literature in the English market.
The other books on the shortlist were:
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The Four Books by Yan Lianke, translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojas
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A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa, translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
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A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk, translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap
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A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler, translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
Kang and Smith will split £50,000. The authors and translators of the other novels on the shortlist each receive £1,000.
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