Two Korean works of fiction garnered notable accolades from global literature critics this year - Cheon Myeong-kwan's "Whale" and Han Kang's "I Do Not Bid Farewell."
Prix Medicis is one of France's four most prestigious literary awards that annually awards one experimental French novel and another that has been translated into French.
A novel from acclaimed Korean novelist Han Kang is a finalist in foreign-language categories of two prestigious French literary awards, the book's Korean publisher said Saturday.
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