The 2024 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Han Kang, a South Korean author, for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” ...

The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called her “intense poetic prose.” Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said “confronts ...

The citation commended Han Kang's "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." She won the International Booker Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016.

South Koreans celebrated with joy and pride after learning that writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, highlighting the nation's growing cultural influence Kim Tong-Hyung Friday 11 ...

On October 10th, South Korean author Han Kang created history by receiving the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. Hang Kang has made history as the first South Korean writer to receive the Nobel ...

Han Kang's Nobel Prize was a surprise to many in South Korea. Here's what you need to know about 'her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life' ...

Written by South Korean author Han Kang and translated by British writer Deborah Smith, “The Vegetarian” masterfully explores the lure of volatile human desire by challenging South Korean ...

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: South Korean author Han Kang, the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, attends a press conference, in Seoul, South Korea, in this photo taken on November 14, 2023.

Books Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature. She’s the first South Korean to do so. Nobel literature committee member Anna-Karin Palm said Han writes about “trauma, pain and loss ...

The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called her “intense poetic prose.” Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson ...

Han Kang is a 53-year-old South Korean author born in 1970 in the vibrant city of Gwangju. As the daughter of novelist Han Seung-won, she was immersed in words and storytelling from an early age.