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Yu Miri wins top US literary award

Yu Miri Wins Top Us Literary Award

November 19, 2020

Yu Miri wins top US literary award

Yu Miri, a Japan-based Korean author, has won the US National Book Award for translated literature for her novel "Tokyo Ueno Station."

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