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Tag: Han Kang

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    South Korean woman granted 2024 Nobel Literature Prize

    “I’d like to have tea with my son,” said Han when told about her being granted the € 970,000 cheque

    South Korean author Han Kang has been granted this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences announced Thursday. She was chosen for her novel The Vegetarian, which has already been awarded the prestigious Man Booker International Prize in 2016, which was also a first for a Korean.