Shin Kyung-sook

Shin Kyung-sook is, to me, one of the most quietly powerful voices to emerge from South Korean literature. Born in Jeongeup in 1963 and educated at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, she built a body of work that reaches deep into family, memory, and loss. Please Look After Mom is the book I'd point anyone toward first; it made her the only South Korean and only woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012. The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness shows the same intimate, searching touch. With the Manhae Prize and Ho-Am Prize already to her name, she's a writer I take seriously and reread.

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Name (English)

Shin Kyung-sook

Name (Japanese)

申京淑

Reading

しん・ぎょんすく

Born

January 12, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Jeongeup, North Jeolla, South Korea

Occupation

writer / novelist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Manhae Prize
• Ho-Am Prize in the Arts

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin%20Kyung-sook
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B3%E4%BA%AC%E6%B7%91
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384293

Tags

• North Jeolla
• writer
• novelist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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