The Latest Breaking News from Han Kang

Han Kang, the South Korean winner of the 2024 Nobel prize in literature, made her breakthrough in the English-speaking world with her first translated novel (her third in Korean), The Vegetarian. Published in English in 2015, it was an immediate success, making the Evening Standard bestseller list. It went on…

Editorial: This year’s winner of the Nobel prize for literature is another triumph for South Korean culture

South Korean writer Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature, “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. The 53-year-old is the first South Korean writer to win the prize, and only the 18th woman (of 121 winners to…

South Korean author Han Kang, renowned for her deep, poetic explorations of trauma and human fragility, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Han Kang's Nobel Prize win in literature brings pride and hope to South Korea, marking a historic achievement for the country.

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

Literature in translation has long been reliant on indie presses to bring work such as the South Korean author’s to wider audiences

South Koreans have reacted with joy and astonishment after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country’s growing cultural influence

Best known for her dark and troubling novel "The Vegetarian", Han Kang has been announced as the 2024 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, with the Swedish Academy praising her "intensely poetic prose" and the important questions of historical trauma and human fragility that she deals with. Audrey Chapuis,…