Han Kang, the South Korean author behind unflinching and provocative tales that deftly explore the depths of human violence ...
The honor, one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, went to the South ...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han ...
The Nobel Prize in literature has long faced criticism for its focus on European and North American men. Han Kang, the first ...
FILE - South Korean author Han Kang poses for the media during a news conference in ... She was awarded for books, ...
Han Kang is the first South Korean writer to be awarded the Nobel prize in literature, and in its history of 121 winners over ...
Best known for "The Vegetarian," the novelist and poet was praised for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life" ...
The Swedish Academy praised Kang for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of ...
South Koreans flocked to book stores on Friday and crashed websites in a frenzy to snap up copies of the work of novelist Han ...
SEOUL, South Korea – South Koreans woke up Friday to learn that local author Han Kang had won the Nobel Prize for ...