Han kang: Curious about 2024 literature

Curious about 2024 literature laureate Han Kang but unsure which of her books to pick up first? Here Steve Sem-Sandberg from the Swedish Academy gives his recommendations. The Vegetarian The Vegetarian is Han Kang ’s international breakthrough novel which won the International Booker prize in 2016. It’s the story of a middle aged Korean woman who one night […] The 2024 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Han Kang , a South Korean author, for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Han Kang is the first South Korean winner and only the 18th woman to win the Nobel literature prize. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 was awarded to Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life"