Sweden , Oct 10: The 2024 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts

The South Korean author, best known for “The Vegetarian,” is the first writer from her country to receive the prestigious award.

STOCKHOLM: Author Han Kang on Thursday became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for work characterised by the correspondence...

London: South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. In a significant recognition for Asian literature, the Swedish Academy recognised and honoured Han’s “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Han, born in 1970 in Gwangju, had unique ability to blend the physical […]

South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson praised Han’s “physical empathy for the vulnerable, often female lives” of…

In her oeuvre, Han Kang confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of rules and, in each of her works, 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.”

Han Kang's work confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life

Han won the International Booker Prize in 2016 for "The Vegetarian"

Han Kang is the first South Korean winner and only the 18th woman to win the Nobel literature prize.

Han Kang is a distinguished author in South Korea who has previously won the International Booker Prize in 2016 for 'The Vegetarian'. She comes from a literary background as her father was also a reputed novelist and began her career in 1993 with a short story collection.

The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Han becomes the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel literature prize. Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson praised Han’s […]

South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for Literature in 2024 for her intense poetic prose.

The Nobel Prize is considered the world's most prestigious award for writing.

She is the first Asian woman to win the prize, joining the continent's other notable laureates like India's Rabindranath Tagore and Japan's Kazuo Ishiguro.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — After three days of Nobel prizes honoring work in the sciences, the literature award is being announced Thursday by the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy.The winner will follow Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, who was honored last year for writing in Nynorsk, one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language, that prize organizers said gives “voice to the unsayable.”The literature prize has long faced criticism that it is too focused on European and North American writers of style-heavy, story-light prose. It has also been male-dominated, with just 17 women among its 119 laureates. The last woman to win was Annie Ernaux of France, in 2022.Six days of Nobel announcements opened Monday with Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun winning the medicine prize. Two founding fathers of machine learning — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — won the physics prize on Tuesday. On Wednesday, three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to decode and even design novel proteins were…

After three days of Nobel prizes honoring work in the sciences, the literature award is being announced by the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy.

STOCKHOLM: Author Han Kang on Thursday became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for work characterised by the correspondence between mental and physical torment as well as...