It has awarded the 2024 prize to South Korean writer Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. In awarding the top ...

Han Meilin is a contemporary Chinese artist known for both his paintings and sculptures of animals. Han notably created the Fuwa (good-luck dolls) mascots for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The ...

In the time of two wars and little accountability, it should not come as a surprise that the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 has gone to South Korean writer Han Kang. Despite her “surprise ...

In the summer of 2015, Han spent a week at the University of East Anglia (UEA) where she was the resident author for the Korean-English literary translation workshop at the annual summer school of ...

Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (2007) is a case in point, and it is no doubt the work that was most influential in the Swedish Academy’s decision to award her the Nobel prize in literature 2024.

Her award also provided a rare moment of national unity, as Koreans from both sides of the political divide rushed to praise Han and her writing. South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. “What a great day for Korea!” my mom wrote to me on Thursday. “Nobel for Han Kang!” For the past few decades, several ...

South Korean writer Han Kang has been announced as the 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, with the Swedish Academy praising "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and ...

Author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her “intense poetic prose” on Oct. 10, per a press release by The Royal Swedish Academy. Kang’s work focuses on “historical ...

A previous version of this article said that Han had been short-listed for the Booker International Prize in 2018 for “Human Acts.” In fact, she was short-listed for “The White Book.” ...

Major South Korean bookstores have sold out of author Han Kang's books following her historical Nobel Prize win. Han's father says his daughter has declined to hold a press conference or celebrate ...

Han Kang's work explores historical traumas and human fragility First South Korean to win Nobel literature prize Novel 'The Vegetarian' was major international breakthrough 'I'll celebrate quietly ...