ArtsㅡCulture Han Kang becomes first South Korean to win Nobel Prize in Literature

By UN Journal Kayla Lee Novelist Han Kang, 53, has become the first South Korean author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Han received the notification from Sweden's Hanlim Institute on Oct. 10 (local time) and said she thought it was a voice phishing when she heard it. “I'm very surprised and honored,” she said. The Swedish Academy described Han's work as “intensely poetic prose that confronts historical trauma and reveals the fragility of human life,” and praised her original style and innovation in contemporary prose. Han won the Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016, ra

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• 2024-10-15 14:36