1970 - Today
Han Kang (Korean: 한강; born November 27, 1970) is a South Korean writer. She won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction in 2016 for The Vegetarian, a novel about a woman's descent into mental illness and neglect from her family. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Han Kang has received more than 398,397 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Han Kang is the 4,683rd most popular writer (up from 4,799th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 242nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular South Korean Writer.
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Among writers, Han Kang ranks 4,683 out of 5,755. Before her are M. R. James, Carlos Monsiváis, Ben Bova, Kārlis Skalbe, Richard Russo, and Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj. After her are Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, José Eustasio Rivera, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Gesualdo Bufalino, Juan Meléndez Valdés, and Niccolò Ammaniti.
1862 - 1936
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 4,677
1938 - 2010
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 4,678
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 4,679
1879 - 1945
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 4,680
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 4,681
1906 - 1937
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 4,682
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 4,683
1750 - 1819
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 4,684
1888 - 1928
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 4,685
1719 - 1803
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 4,686
1920 - 1996
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 4,687
1754 - 1817
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 4,688
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 4,689
Among people born in 1970, Han Kang ranks 139. Before her are Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma, Karen Mulder, Zack de la Rocha, Jason Lee, Gianluca Pessotto, and Fazıl Say. After her are Rui Vitória, Saulius Skvernelis, Fabio Casartelli, John Carmack, Winston Bogarde, and Nicola Sturgeon.
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 133
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 134
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 135
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 136
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 137
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 138
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 139
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 140
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 141
1970 - 1995
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 142
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 143
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 144
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 145
Among people born in South Korea, Han Kang ranks 219 out of 944. Before her are Won Bin (1977), Kim Jee-woon (1964), Park Bo-gum (1993), Lee Hae-chan (1952), Jang Na-ra (1981), and Kim Joo-hyuk (1972). After her are Ku Hye-sun (1984), Bae Doona (1979), Rain (1982), Kim Soo-hyun (1988), So Ji-sub (1977), and Kim Hwang-sik (1948).
1977 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 213
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 214
1993 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 215
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 216
1981 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 217
1972 - 2017
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 218
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 219
1984 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 220
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 221
1982 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 222
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 223
1977 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 224
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 225
Among writers born in South Korea, Han Kang ranks 8. Before her are Ko Un (1933), Uhwudong (1430), Na Hye-sok (1896), Yu Kil-chun (1856), Heo Nanseolheon (1563), and Yun Seondo (1587). After her are Shin Kyung-sook (1963).
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 2
1430 - 1480
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 3
1896 - 1948
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 4
1856 - 1914
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 5
1563 - 1589
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 6
1587 - 1671
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 8
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 9