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WRITER

Han Kang

1970 - Today

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Han Kang ranks 4,683 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Han Kang ranks 139Before 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.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Han Kang ranks 219 out of 944Before 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).

Among WRITERS In South Korea

Among writers born in South Korea, Han Kang ranks 8Before 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).