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Shin Kyung-sook
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1963– · South Korean writer

Also known as: Sin Kyong-suk, Gyeong-suk Sin, Kyŏngsuk Sin, Kyoung-sook Shin, Kyung-sook Shin, Шин Кун-Суук

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Known works

  • Please Look After Mom
  • Ill Be Right There A Novel
  • I Went to See My Father
  • The court dancer
  • The girl who wrote loneliness