Shin Kyung-sook
Kyung-sook Shin | |
|---|---|
Kyung-Sook Shin | |
| Born | 12 January 1963 Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, South Korea |
| Occupation | Novelist, Writer |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Period | 1985 – |
| Notable works | Please Look After Mother (2009) |
| Notable awards | Yi Sang Literary Award |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 신경숙 |
| Hanja | 申京淑 |
| RR | Sin Gyeongsuk |
| MR | Sin Kyŏngsuk |
Kyung-sook Shin, also Shin Kyung-sook or Shin Kyoung-sook (Korean: 신경숙, born 12 January 1963), is a South Korean writer. She was the only South Korean and only woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 for Please Look After Mom.