Novelist Han Kang Wins Korea's First Nobel Prize for Literature"Now, K-literature will be occupied globally"
Oct 10, 2024
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Novelist Han Kang was selected as the first Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature on the 10th (Korea time).
The Swedish Academy selected Korean writer Han Kang as the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature" he said. It is known that the Nobel Prize winner will be awarded 11 million krona (about 1.34 billion won), medals, and certificates.
Author Han Kang won the world-renowned Booker Prize in 2016 for his work as a vegetarian, and also won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is the 18th female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Until now, most of the Nobel Prize winners have been produced in Europe and the United States, including 16 in France, 13 in the United States, 12 in the United Kingdom, 8 in Sweden, and 8 in Germany. It is the first time in 12 years that a Nobel Prize winner has been awarded in Asia since 2012 when Chinese writer Mo Yan.
News of the Han River's award went viral around the world. The Associated Press reports that `Han Kang has been writing intense poetic prose against historical trauma and revealing the fragility of human life"It is the first time a Korean writer has won the Nobel Prize in Literature " Reuters reported.
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Han Kang has already won the Lee Sang Literary Award, Hwang Soon-won Literature Award, Man Booker International Award, Kim Yoo-jung Literature Award, and Daesan Literature Award, and was considered the most likely Nobel Prize writer in Korea.
On December 10, Alfred Nobel's anniversary, the Nobel Prize ceremony will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Peace Prize will be held in Oslo, Norway.
Meanwhile, when the news of Han River's award was reported, a large bookstore site was reportedly paralyzed by people who wanted to buy Han River's novels.
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