lesson 2

Question 1

Korea

Answer 1

Kim Young Ha
Kim Eun Sook

Question 2

Japan

Answer 2

Haruki Murakami
Makoto Shinkai

Question 3

Singapore

Answer 3

Catherine Lim

Question 4

China

Answer 4

Ming Di
Zhao Qian Qian

Question 5

India

Answer 5

Govind Vinayak Karandikar

Question 6

o Thailand

Answer 6

Sakonnakrn Puttipong Promsakha Na, and Pokpong Wasin
Nattawut Poonpiriya
Sakha Bamrungpong

Question 7

Famous Works: Lovers in Paris (2004), Descendants of the Sun (2016), Goblin (2016), The Heirs (2013), Mr. Sunshine (2018), The King Eternal Monarch (2020), The Glory (2022).

Answer 7

Kim Eun Sook

Question 8

birthday of Kim Eun Sook

Answer 8

1973

Question 9

Famous Works: Diary of a Murderer (2013), Black Flower (2012)

Answer 9

Kim Young Ha

Question 10

Works: 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007), Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011), Your Name (2016)

Answer 10

Makoto Shinkai

Question 11

Works: Kafka on the Shore (2002)

Answer 11

Haruki Murakami

Question 12

shifts between two characters as they navigate an alternate reality of their own making; the reference of this story is September 11 attacks to vigilante justice.

Answer 12

1Q84 (2009)

Question 13

Doyenne of Singapore Writers

Answer 13

Catherine Lim

Question 14

Works: Little Ironies: Short Stories of Singapore, Or Else, The Lightning God and Other Stories.

Answer 14

Catherine Lim

Question 15

Works: Put Your Head on My Shoulder (2019), A Love So Beautiful (2017), A Little thing called First Love (2019).

Answer 15

Zhao Qian Qian

Question 16

Works: Two Poems for My Father, Two Poems, See How She Creates Light: On Translating Liu Xia

Answer 16

Ming Di