Thursday, 21 November 2024

Han Kang

South Korean Nobel Prize winnier
Thu, 10 Oct 24

Han Kang:Nobel prize winner in literature- 2024

I’ll celebrate it quietly tonight

Art and Culture

Wed, 16 Oct 24

I’ll celebrate it quietly tonight

2024 literature laureate Han Kang had just finished dinner with her son at her home in Seoul when she received the news. In this interview, she reflects on being the first South Korean literature laureate and talks about how writers as a collective have influenced her: “All their efforts and strengths have been my inspiration.” Han Kang also talks about her writing process on the international hit The Vegetarian, and recommends her most recent book We Do Not Part for anyone who’s curious to start reading her books.

I find myself trying to reach the end of the question– not an answer

Interview

Thu, 10 Oct 24

I find myself trying to reach the end of the question– not an answer

I wrote The Vegetarian between 2003 and 2005, and published it as a full-length novel in 2007. I remember thinking that it was rather strange (in a good way) to win the International Booker Prize in 2016, more than a decade later. Since winning the prize, my other works including Human Acts, The White Book, and Greek Lessons, as well as my most recent novel, We Do Not Part, have been or are being translated into several languages. I’m grateful that the International Booker Prize has invaluably helped my works to reach a wider readership in different cultures.