Lee Min Jin

Min Jin Lee is, to me, one of the essential chroniclers of the Korean diaspora. Pachinko did something I deeply value: it placed voices long pushed to history's margins squarely at the center of world literature, earning a National Book Award finalist spot. Her pivot from law school to fiction reads in her work, where rigorous structure meets profound human attention. She is not a writer of easy comfort but of necessary truth, and I hold her craft in real esteem. Read her.

Name (English)

Lee Min Jin

Name (Japanese)

ミン・ジン・リー

Reading

みん・じん・りー

Born

November 11, 1968 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

novelist / writer / journalist / literary critic

University

Georgetown University Law Center

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/lee_minjin/
• Xhttps://x.com/minjinlee11
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min%20Jin%20Lee
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13563026

Tags

• novelist
• writer
• journalist

Last updated

2026-06-21

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