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Han Kang Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

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Han Kang Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
Title another name
The South Korean author, best known for “The Vegetarian,” is the first writer from her country to receive the prestigious award.
Article
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/arts/nobel-prize-literature.html
Journal
The New York Times
Issued Date
October 10, 2024
Page
2
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
-
Book
The Vegetarian , We Do Not Part , The White Book , GREEK LESSONS
Writer
Han Kang
Translator
Deborah Smith,E. Yaewon,Paige Morris,Deborah Smith,이예원

About the Author

Han Kang
  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 166
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  • English(English)

Han Kang, the South Korean author best known for her surreal, subversive novel “The Vegetarian,” was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday — the first writer from her country to receive the award. Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, which organizes the prize, said at a news conference in Stockholm that Han was receiving the honor for “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”

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