93,820 profiles ranked live

Lee Min Jin

✓ Source-basedstable

American writer

United StatesWritersBorn 1968 · age 57
CompareClaim
Fame53.3
Momentum0.3
Languages18
In century#17,408

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.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Awards 1

2018Guggenheim Fellowship

Writers from United States 6

About this person

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.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1968 · age 57
Written about in
18 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.