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 ...

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 ...

But, first, a note about Han Kang, who was just awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. And then: Han came to the attention of most readers outside South Korea with “The Vegetarian” (translated ...

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.

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 ...

At the announcement Thursday morning, Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson cited Han’s “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” ...

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

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 ...

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.” ...

South Korean author Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 for her intense poetic prose confronting historical traumas. The Nobel committee announces this alongside other 2024 laureates ...

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 ...

By Alex Marshall and Alexandra Alter Han Kang, the South Korean author best known for her surreal, subversive novel “The Vegetarian,” was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday ...