South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize on 17 May, sharing the £50,000 ($72,000, 63,500 euros) award with her translator — who had only taught herself Korean three years before.
Han Kang, 45, an author and creative writing teacher who is already successful in South Korea, is likely to enjoy a spike in international sales following the win for "The Vegetarian".
हिन्दी में पढ़े : मैन बुकर पुरस्कार 2016 जीता दक्षिण कोरिया की हान कांग ने
She was the first South Korean to win the prize.
Described as "lyrical and lacerating" by chairman of the judges Boyd Tonkin, the tale traces the story of an ordinary woman's rejection of convention from three different perspectives.
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It was picked unanimously by the panel of five judges, beating six other novels including "The Story of the Lost Child" by Italian sensation Elena Ferrante and "A Strangeness in My Mind" by Turkey's Orhan Pamuk.
Han Kang's first book to appear in English, "The Vegetarian" was described by newspaper The Guardian as a shock to the system.
For the first time this year, the award went jointly to the translator, Deborah Smith, 28, who only started learning Korean three years before she embarked on the translation.
The international edition of Britain's Man Booker Prize was introduced in 2005 and up to now has been awarded in recognition of a body of work by a living author whose work was written or available in English.
But from this year, it will be presented annually for a single work of fiction that has been translated into English and published in Britain.
