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Han Kang: translators share memories of working with the winner of the Nobel prize in literature

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…

The Conversation

‘My novels explore human suffering’: Nobel Prize winner Han Kang writes with empathy for vulnerable lives

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…

The Conversation

Han Kang’s Nobel win is testament to importance of small press publishing

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

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Han Kang: ‘That will be a problem when I die – I won’t be able to finish all my ideas’

As her novel ‘Greek Lessons’ is translated in the UK for the first time, the South Korean author and winner of the International Man Booker Prize talks to Annabel Nugent about translation controversies and the violence of language

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Greek Lessons by Han Kang and Death Of A Bookseller by Alice Slater.

The Independent UK

A failing mental health system leaves this mother pleading: Keep him in jail

LOS ANGELES — Deborah Smith begins her days online, searching for her son's name on the Los Angeles County sheriff's inmate locator, a ritual she shares with many moms she's bonded with over the years.

Los Angeles Times

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

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Austin's heartwarming firelighters make CEO on autism spectrum 'visible'

Tasmanian parents make their son, who has autism and is non-verbal, the CEO and public face of their business.

ABC News

Thug who suffocated grandmother with pillow and stole £3,500 jailed

Grace Smith attacked 73-year-old Mary Smith in July last year, “suffocating her into submission” and stealing her bank card.

Daily Record

Woman, 20, suffocated own grandma and stole £3,500 to use on Uber Eats and Netflix

Grace Smith, 20, had been harassing and stealing money from family members for years until a restraining order was passed to prevent her seeing her mum and nan

Daily Mirror

Nan suffocated with her own pillow by thieving granddaughter who spent £3,500 on Amazon, Uber Eats and Netflix

Grace Smith carried out a campaign of theft and fraud against numerous family members

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