WRITER

Shin Kyung-sook

1963 - Today

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Kyung-Sook Shin, also Shin Kyung-sook or Shin Kyoung-sook (Korean: 신경숙, born 12 January 1963), is a South Korean writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shin Kyung-sook has received more than 112,227 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Shin Kyung-sook is the 6,353rd most popular writer (down from 5,829th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 424th in 2019) and the 13th most popular South Korean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Court Dancer
2018
Please Look After Mother
2011
Please Look After Mom Vintage Contemporaries Paperback
2012
Please Look After Mom
2011
Please Look After Mom A Novel
Please Look After Mom
Fiction, family life, Korea, fiction
2011
Violets
Fiction, Social life and customs, Romans, nouvelles
2022
I'll Be Right There
Fiction, historical, general, Korea, fiction
2015
Please Look After Mother
Korea, fiction, Fiction, general
2011
The Court Dancer
2018
I Went to See My Father
Fiction, general
2023

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shin Kyung-sook ranks 6,353 out of 7,302. Before her are Ann Coulter, Compton Mackenzie, Kim Leine, John Skelton, Mark Boal, and Chris Hedges. After her are Damon Runyon, James Truslow Adams, John Scalzi, P. H. Newby, Charles Lock Eastlake, and Nabaneeta Dev Sen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Shin Kyung-sook ranks 536. Before her are Damon Galgut, Toshiya Miura, Jiří Parma, Igor Zhelezovski, Caren Metschuck, and Paul McGuigan. After her are Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, Sun Zhengcai, Terry Farrell, Yasuharu Kurata, Milko Djurovski, and Lydia Cacho.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Shin Kyung-sook ranks 472 out of 1,128. Before her are Choi Si-won (1987), Choi Yong-soo (1973), Hwang Hee-chan (1996), Choi Tae-joon (1991), Joo Won (1987), and Yoo In-na (1982). After her are Lee Jung-soo (1980), Im Soo-jung (1979), Hwang Min-hyun (1995), Yunho (1986), Yoo Nam-kyu (1968), and Choi Soo-young (1990).

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Among WRITERS In South Korea

Among writers born in South Korea, Shin Kyung-sook ranks 13. Before her are Heo Nanseolheon (1563), Yu Kil-chun (1856), Han Kang (1970), Yun Seondo (1587), Park Wan-suh (1931), and Yi Munyeol (1948). After her are Kim Young-ha (1968).

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