Han is best known for her book 'The Vegetarian,' her first novel translated into English, which won the Man Booker Prize in 2016.
Book of South Korean author Han Kang are on display after she was announced as the laureate of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden on October 10, 2024. Stockholm, Sweden—Author Han Kang became on Thursday the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for work characterized by the correspondence between mental and physical torment as well as historical events.
Last year, the award went to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, whose plays are among the most widely staged of any contemporary playwright in the world.
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