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Kyung-sook Shin is the first Korean to win the Man Asian Literary Prize

Posted on 15 March 2012 by Korean Beacon

Kyung-sook Shin After being longlisted for the award last November, Kyung-sook Shin became the first Korean and first woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize, an annual literary award given to the best novel by an Asian writer. Shin won the prestigious award for her ...

Shin Kyung-sook’s ‘Please Look After Mom’ Longlisted for Man Asian Literary Prize

Posted on 01 November 2011 by Melissah Yang

Please Look After Mom Korean author Shin Kyung-sook’s Please Look After Mom (2008) is one of twelve novels nominated for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. Founded in 2006, the Man Asian Literary Prize is an annual literary award given to the best novel written by an Asian writer. The ...

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop Presents the 2011 PAGE TURNER Festival

Posted on 25 October 2011 by Mink Choi

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is hosting their third annual Page Turner festival on Saturday, October 29th at PowerHouse Arena in DUMBO, Brooklyn in celebration of the workshop’s 20th birthday. The event will begin at 11 a.m. and will feature some of our favorite award-winning ...

Designer Ji Lee Releases New Book, ‘Word As Image’

Posted on 17 October 2011 by Eunice Roh

Remember Ji Lee? He's the current creative director for Facebook and was listed as one of top 50 most influential designers last month. Well, Lee recently published a book titled Word As Image—a throwback ...

Chang-rae Lee is awarded the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Posted on 27 September 2011 by Eunice Roh

The prestigious 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction was awarded to Chang-rae Lee, author of The Surrendered. One of our Summer Reading picks, The Surrendered transcends other war novels with its honest and brutal depiction of human interactions and relationships ...

Airan Kang’s LED Book Gallery

Posted on 09 September 2011 by Deborah J. Yoon

Anything and everything can be made into art; the perspective in which people view a certain piece, or the execution of an individual's ideas can be crafted into something beautiful. Korean artist Airan Kang exemplifies this by creating beautiful works of art through something quite unconventional and ...

KAs@Work: Molly Gaudry of The Lit Pub

Posted on 08 September 2011 by Melissah Yang

KAs@Work is a new series that profiles Korean Americans and their jobs. Want to share what you do, or know of people with interesting jobs? Get in touch. Not just any accomplished author, Molly Gaudry is one of the founders of The Lit Pub, ...

Samuel Park visits California to introduce new novel, ‘This Burns My Heart’

Posted on 10 August 2011 by Mindy Gee

Author Samuel Park visited the Redondo Beach Main Library this past Tuesday to talk about his new novel, This Burns My Heart. The turnout wasn't too high, but the cozy atmosphere was better for those who did attend, as everyone had a chance to talk ...

Samuel Park’s debut novel, ‘This Burns My Heart,’ receives fantastic reviews

Posted on 22 July 2011 by Mindy Gee

"You tricked me." These are the opening lines of Samuel Park's debut novel, This Burns My Heart, a story that tracks the downward path of a young woman whose dreams are put on an indefinite hold when she marries the wrong man. The story begins in 1960 ...

Cindy Hwang’s Upcoming KYOPO Exhibition and Book

Posted on 18 July 2011 by Christine Y. Chung

Back in 2009, we interviewed artist CYJO, also known as Cindy Hwang, about her KYOPO Project and her attempt to capture the "cultural diaspora" of kyopos, thereby challenging the assumption of a monolithic ...
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