South Korean author Han Kang has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” ...

Written by South Korean author Han Kang and translated by ... oppression in South Korea and is well-deserving of its Nobel Prize in literature.

A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards in South Korea and Europe, Han is the first Asian woman and the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel literature prize ...

Han's win marks a historic moment for South Korea, 24 years after ... a total of 121 authors have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, including Ernest Hemingway, Jean-Paul Sartre, former ...

SEOUL--South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature ... the history of Korean literature” and ...

[AFP] 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 ...

STOCKHOLM--South Korean author Han Kang ... Han, the first Asian woman and the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel literature prize, was delivering her Nobel lecture in Stockholm, the ...

Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers soared following her historic Nobel Prize win. The first ...

"This is the first time a Korean has received a Nobel Prize in Literature, so I was amazed," said Yoon Ki-heon, a 32-year-old visitor at a bookstore in central Seoul. "South Korea had a poor ...

SEOUL – South Korean writer Han Kang is set to release her first new book since receiving the Nobel Prize in literature in 2024 ... allows readers to enter the author’s quiet interior world ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked ...