Han was first published in a literary magazine in 1993, and she’s been a celebrated author in South Korea for decades. In 2015, Deborah Smith ’s English translation of The Vegetarian propelled ...

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's work explores historical traumas and human fragility First South Korean to win Nobel literature prize Novel 'The Vegetarian' was major international breakthrough 'I'll celebrate quietly ...

FILE - South Korean author Han Kang poses for the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Kang has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) ...

For those unacquainted with the South Korean author, here’s our guide to Han Kang’s work. The famous one Han won the International Booker Prize in 2016 for a novel she’d written over a ...

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.” ...

FILE - South Korean author Han Kang poses for the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Kang has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File ...

Han Kang fever is sweeping Korea after the author became the first Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. The phenomenon goes beyond simply purchasing and reading Han’s works ...

In 'We Do Not Part,' Han Kang explores a friendship that certainly spans distance, and perhaps planes of existence. Latest Nobel laureate's work is haunted by questions. Don't expect answers - Los ...

Han Kang’s latest novel, about a South Korean massacre, delves into why atrocities must be remembered. “It’s pain and it is blood, but it’s the current of life,” she said.

In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “We Do Not Part,” the Nobel laureate Han Kang’s novel about history, tragedy and the work of remembering.