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The Guardian view on Han Kang: a bold outsider has been rewarded

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The Guardian view on Han Kang: a bold outsider has been rewarded
Title another name
This year’s winner of the Nobel prize for literature is another triumph for South Korean culture
Article
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/11/the-guardian-view-on-han-kang-a-bold-outsider-has-been-rewarded
Journal
The Guardian
Issued Date
October 11, 2024
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
City
-
Book
The Vegetarian , Human Acts , The White Book , GREEK LESSONS
Writer
Han Kang
Translator
Deborah Smith,Deborah Smith,E. Yaewon

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)

It was only a question of time before South Korean literature emerged on the world stage. On Thursday Han Kang, author of the cult novel The Vegetarian, became the first South Korean writer to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature. This is the latest triumph of hallyu – the South Korean wave – that has been scoring firsts across all cultural forms with the phenomenal success of pop bands like BTS; the 2020 Oscar-winning satire Parasite (the first film not in the English language to take the top prize); TV sensations like Squid Game (Netflix’s most watched show ever), and Pachinko, an adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel, currently in its second series. Now K-lit joins K-pop, K-drama and K-beauty. South Korea is a cultural powerhouse – with a Nobel laureate to prove it.

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