Kang’s novels offer an important lens for understanding Korean history and politics, and the grief and strength of the Korean people.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When the South Korean writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize last year, celebrations broke out across the country. Some of the ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked ...

In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “We Do Not Part,” the Nobel laureate Han Kang’s novel about history, tragedy and the work of remembering. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin ...

On December 7th at 2:00 PM, during the Ankara International Book Fair, the event titled "2024 Nobel Prize in Literature Winner Han Kang Commemoration: A Talk with Translator Goksel Turkozu" was ...

South Korean novelist Han Kang was introduced to most English readers by her 2007 book, “The Vegetarian” (published in English in 2015), which won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize.

Among the six works on the shortlist in 2016 was a short novel in three parts, by a 46-year-old poet and creative writing teacher from Korea named Han Kang. The Vegetarian tells the story of a young ...

STOCKHOLM--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 historical ...

Though Han Kang’s previous novels have nothing to do with her latest, familiarity with her work makes the reader sensitive to the author’s sensibilities. When she was awarded the Nobel Prize ...

The Han Kang fever will last at least until the release ... How did the award make its way to a Korean author and, ...