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Han Kang Awarded 2024 Nobel Prize For Literature, Reflecting On Fragility And Human Trauma

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.

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South Korean Writer Han Kang Wins 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.

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Han Kang: innovative South Korean author wins the 2024 Nobel prize for literature

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…

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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

The Guardian - UK

South Koreans react with joy and amazement at writer Han Kang's Nobel win

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

The Independent UK

Han Kang wins South Korea's first Nobel Prize in Literature

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,…

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Nobel Literature goes to South Korean Han Kang, 18th woman to be awarded

With this award a total of 18 women have been awarded the literature prize so far. Read further on Dynamite News:

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South Korean Author Han Kang Wins 2024 Nobel Prize In Literature

Han Kang, the first South Korean author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, is celebrated for her profound storytelling and innovative narratives.

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Han Kang: South Korean author wins Nobel Prize in literature

The writer was praised for her ‘intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’

The Independent UK

South Korean author Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel prize in literature

Han, whose works include The Vegetarian, was praised for her ‘intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’

The Guardian - UK

South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

The first South Korean to win the literature prize said she would ‘celebrate it quietly’ and have tea with her son.

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South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel literature prize

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life", the award-giving body said on Thursday.

France 24

Five of the best body horror novels

Tackling social issues with often grisly violence, you’ll need a strong stomach for these stories by authors from Han Kang to Stephen King, but they make an indelible impact

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Paris Hilton dances through the history of the world’s greatest nightclubs

In this week’s newsletter: A new series produced by the world’s most famous party girl delves into the origins of iconic clubs from London to Lagos. Plus: five of the best travel podcasts

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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 Guardian - UK

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review – studies in silence and solitude

A woman who has lost the power of speech forms a connection with a language teacher who is losing his sight in the Korean author’s striking examination of selfhood

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.

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'Greek Lessons' is an intimate, vulnerable portrayal of two lonely people

Greek Lessons feels like a departure from Han Kang's other English-translated novels; tugging bit by bit at the heartstrings, readers are left speechless with both sadness and hope by the final pages.

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Greek Lessons by Han Kang review – loss forges an intimate connection

An elegant translation of the South Korean writer’s 2011 novel explores how a teacher losing his sight and a pupil losing her voice form a poetic bond

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