Deborah Smith

Han Kang’s THE VEGETARIAN Wins Man Booker International Prize
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Han Kang’s THE VEGETARIAN Wins Man Booker International Prize

Last week, the winner of the newly refocused Man Booker International Prize was announced to be The Vegetarian, a novel by the Korean writer Han Kang, translated into English by Deborah Smith. Originally published as three novellas, the book is the surreal story of Yeong-hye, a young Korean woman who stops eating meat as a…

“Sufficient Ambiguity”: An Interview with Deborah Smith

“Sufficient Ambiguity”: An Interview with Deborah Smith

Deborah Smith is a translator of Korean and the founder of a new non-profit London-based publisher, Tilted Axis Press. Recently, she has worked with Korean author Han Kang to bring her novel The Vegetarian to an English-reading audience. The book is a collection of three linked novellas about a woman who gives up eating meat…