Kyung-sook Shin is one of South Korea's most widely read and acclaimed novelists. She is the author of seven novels, including The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness, I'll be Right There and Please Look After Mom, which was a New York Times bestseller, translated into more than thirty-five languages, and the winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize. Shin is the first Korean woman to receive this award.
Awards
- Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award (1995)
- Manhae Award for Literature (1996)
- Dong-in Literary Award (1997)
- 21st Century Literature Award (2000)
- Yi Sang Literary Award (2001)
- Oh Young-su Literary Award (2006)
- Prix de l'Inaperu (2009)
- Republic of Korea Culture and Arts Award (2011)
- Man Asian Literary Prize (2012)
- Mark of Respect Award (2012)
- Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club Foreign Public Relations Award - Literary Section (2012)
- Hoam Prize - Literature Award (2013)
Short Story Collections
Winter Fables, 1990
Where the Harmonium Once Stood, 1992
Potato Eaters, 1996
The Strawberry Field, 2000
The Unknown Women, 2001
The Sound of Bells, 2003
Non Fiction
Beautiful Shade, 1995
Sleep, Sorrow, 2003
Flash Fiction Collections
The Story of J, 2002
House with a Mountain, House with Water, 2007
Moonlight Tales, 2013
Novels
Deep Sorrow, 1994
A Lone Room (The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness), 1995
The Train Departs at 7, 1999
Violet, 2001
Yi Jin ( The Court Dancer), 2007
Please Look After Mom, 2009
Somewhere a Phone is Ringing for Me (I'll Be Right There), 2010