Korean-American Writer Woo Il-yeon Wins Pulitzer Prize

Called in the biography category as 'Noye Ju-in Nampyeon Anae'

Korean-American writer Woo Il-yeon has won the Pulitzer Prize. On the 6th (local time), he was named a co-winner in the biography category by the Pulitzer Prize selection committee for "Master Slave Husband Wife."

"Master Slave Husband Wife" is a nonfiction work that highlights the Craft couple, slaves who disguised themselves as a plantation owner and slaves in Georgia, southern United States, in 1848, and escaped northward. The wife, Ellen, disguised herself as a sickly plantation owner, and the husband, William, as Ellen's slave. They avoided the eyes of slave traders and soldiers, transferring between steamboats, carriages, and trains to reach the North, where slavery had been abolished. They later moved to England, advocated for the abolition of slavery, and became famous by writing their story in a book.

Writer Woo is a Korean-American whose parents immigrated from Korea. He graduated from Yale University and earned a Ph.D. in English literature from Columbia University. The Pulitzer Prize has been awarding winners since 1917 in fields including journalism such as news and photojournalism, as well as arts including literature and drama.

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