The honor, one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, went to the South ...

Han Kang, the South Korean author behind unflinching and provocative tales that deftly explore the depths of human violence ...

Are there any more writers like Han Kang or [Korean] novels similar to hers?” This was the sentiment expressed by several ...

Han Kang's recent win of the Nobel Prize in literature has put the spotlight on Korean fiction. Her work has also fuelled a debate about literary translations.

The Nobel Prize in literature has long faced criticism for its focus on European and North American men. Han Kang, the first ...

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, Oct. 10 "for her intense poetic prose that ...

It’s often the case that when poets write novels, they deliver arrestingly vivid and nimble prose. Han Kang’s The Vegetarian ...

The South Korean author, best known for “The Vegetarian,” is the first writer from her country to receive the prestigious award. By Alex Marshall and Alexandra Alter Han Kang, the South Korean ...

H AN KANG has been called “Korea’s Kafka”. Rather than giant bugs, her metamorphoses involve vegetation. “The Fruit of My ...

The citation commended Han Kang's "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human ...

“Han Kang uses this historical base in a very special ... In 2015, Deborah Smith’s English translation of The Vegetarian propelled Han to the international stage. As Ankhi Mukherjee, a ...

Han Kang's work explores historical traumas and human fragility First South Korean to win Nobel literature prize Novel 'The Vegetarian' was major international breakthrough 'I'll celebrate quietly ...