# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-min-jin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:06:54.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-min-jin"
name: "Lee Min Jin"
slug: "lee-min-jin"
description: "Min Jin Lee is a Korean American author based in Harlem, New York City; her work frequently deals with the Korean diaspora. She is best known for writing Free Food for Millionaires (2007) and Pachinko (2017), a finalist for the National Book Award, and runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019, Lee became a writer-in-residence at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Her upcoming third novel in her Korean quartet, titled American Hagwon, will be released on September 29th, 2026."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2018-us-nationalbookfestival-min-jin-lee.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1968-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.681896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/minjinlee11"
    handle:    "minjinlee11"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/lee_minjin/"
    handle:    "lee_minjin"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/minjinleebooks"
    handle:    "minjinleebooks"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10069393/"
    handle:    "nm10069393"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Min Jin Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Min_Jin"
    title: "Lee Min Jin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Jin_Lee"
    title: "Min Jin Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Min_Jin"
    title: "Lee Min Jin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Jin_Lee"
    title: "Min Jin Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Jin_Lee"
    title: "Min Jin Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Min Jin Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Jin_Lee"
    title: "Min Jin Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Jin_Lee"
    title: "Min Jin Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Jin_Lee"
    title: "Min Jin Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Jin_Lee"
    title: "Min Jin Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ミン・ジン・リー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "이민진 (작가)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B8"
    title: "Мин Ђин Ли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2787776"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump