Man Booker International Prize 2016

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Question:  Han  Kang,  the winner  of  the  2016  Man  Booker International  Prize  is essentially  a  writer  of  which  of  the  following  language?
(a)  Japanese
 (b)  French
(c)  Thai
(d)  Korean
 Ans:(d)
Related  facts:   On  16  May  2016  South  Korean  author  Han  Kang,  won  the  2016  Man  Booker International  Prize  for  her  novel  ‘The  Vegetarian’.
   The  novel  was  translated  in  English  by  Deborah  Smith  and  is  published  by Portobello  Books.
   The  cash  prize  of  £25,000  was  given  to  both  author  and  translator,  along  with  a newly  designed  trophy.
   They  have  also  received  a  further  £1,000  each  for  being  shortlisted.
  With this  Han  becomes  the  first  South  Korean  to  win  this  prestigious  literary  prize.
  The prize  ceremony  was  held  at  the  Victoria  &  Albert  Museum  in  London.   Han is  a South  Korean  author  who  currently  teaches  creative  writing  at  the  Seoul Institute  of  the  Arts.  The  Vegetarian  is  her  first  novel  to  be  translated  into  English.
   She  has  been  already  awarded  with  the  Yi  Sang  Literary  Prize,  the  Today’s Young  Artist  Award,  and  the  Korean  Literature  Novel  Award.
  The  Man  Booker  International  Prize  is  an  international  literary  award  hosted  in Britain  it  is  sponsored  by  the  Man  Group,  from  2005  until  2015  the  award  was given  every  two  years  to  a  living  author  of  any  nationality  for  a  body  of  work published  in  English  or  generally  available  in  English  translation. 
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