Han Kang's Nobel win symbolises strength in facing mental anguish
In 2024, South Korean novelist Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is the 18th female writer to receive the award and the 121st laureate in literature since the Nobel Prize's inception. According to the Nobel Committee, she was awarded this year's Nobel Prize for her "deeply poetic prose, endowed with the strength to confront historical trauma and the ability to reveal the fragility of human life."