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To read, write literature is to oppose ‘acts that destroy life,’ says Han Kang in Nobel speech
This is what novelist Han Kang, the 2024 Nobel laureate in literature ... and give a speech during the banquet that follows. Wearing a black dress, Han started her speech by recalling an ...
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Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang returns with a novel that takes a nightmarish look at South Korea’s past
South Korean novelist Han Kang was introduced to most ... 2021), comes on the heels of another triumph for Kang, who was awarded last year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. “We Do Not Part ...
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Han Kang's Nobel win sparked book boom -- but it didn't last
When Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature in October last year, her books flew off the shelves, and South Korea’s publishing industry saw a rare surge. But within a month, the momentum had ...
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South Koreans are joyful after Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature
A TV screen shows an image of the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, South Korean writer Han Kang, during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 10, 2024 ...
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Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature
STOCKHOLM--South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said “confronts historical ...
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Nobel laureate Han Kang
Han Kang attends the Pony Chung Innovation Prize ceremony held in southern Seoul on Oct. 17, 2024. The Pony Chung Foundation ...
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Han Kang Talks About Her Jeju Book, ‘We Do Not Part”
Han Kang in 2016. Ms. Han, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, has written books about two of South Korea’s darkest moments.Credit...Jean Chung for The New York Times Han Kang ...
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In Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new novel, ghosts are everywhere
Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new novel, “We Do Not Part,” starts with a plea: Filmmaker Inseon, who is recovering from an accident in Seoul, asks her friend Kyungha to travel to her home on ...
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Author Han Kang's books sell out in South Korea after Nobel prize win
Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers soared following her historic Nobel Prize win. The first ...
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South Korea's Han Kang wins literature Nobel Prize
[AFP] Author Han Kang on Thursday became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for work characterised by the correspondence between mental and physical torment as well as ...