The Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to the South Korean writer.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to South Korean novelist Han Kang "for her poetic prose." The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences selected South Korean author Han Kang as the recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Academy announced on Thursday that Han Kang was awarded this prestigious prize "for her poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and powerfully reflects the fragility of human life." Han Kang will receive the Nobel Prize at a ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. Along with the award, the winner will receive a cash prize of 11 million Swedish Krona (approximately 950,000 euros).

NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 117 times from 1901 to 2024. Of the total 121 recipients, 4 were shared between 2 authors.

WHO IS HAN KANG

Han Kang was born on November 27, 1970, in the city of Gwangju. She is a South Korean author. After growing up in Suyuri, she graduated from Yonsei University, known as one of Korea's best universities, with a degree in Korean language and literature. She made her literary debut as a poet in 1993 with five poems published in the magazine Literature and Society (mungakgwa sahoe). The following year, she began her career as a novelist by winning the Shinmun Literary Competition with her book Red Anchor.

Awards

In 1999, she received the Ministry of Culture's 2000 Young Artist Award for her novel "Baby Buddha,"

In 2005, she won the Yi Sang Literary Award for "Mongol Spot,"

In 2010, she received the Dongri Literary Award for The Wind,

In 2014, she was awarded the Manhae Literary Award for Human Brothers,

In 2016, she won the Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian,

In 2017, she won the Malaparte Prize in Italy for Human Acts (Atti umani).

Her works translated into Turkish

The author's most impactful works worldwide include The Vegetarian (2016), a novel about a woman's decision to stop eating meat and its devastating consequences, and The Child is Coming (2019), which narrates the Gwangju uprising, both published by April Publishing with the translation of Göksel Türközü.