Korean novelist Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature after winning Booker Prize

Korean female novelist Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy announced on the 10th (Korean time) that Han Kang was selected as this year's Nobel Prize laureate.
This is the second time a South Korean has won a Nobel Prize, after the late former President Kim Dae-jung received the Peace Prize in 2000.
The Swedish Academy praised Han Jiang for "his work, which confronts historical trauma and exposes the fragility of human life."
Han Kang was born in Gwangju, South Korea in 1970. In 1993, he published a poem in the Literature and Social Studies magazine, and the following year, he published a short story, "Red Anne."
His main works include the full-length novels "Black Deer," "Your Cold Hands," "The Vegetarian," "The Wind Blows, Go," and "Greek Time."
Her works include "A Boy is Coming," "White," "I Won't Say Goodbye," the collections of stories "Love of Yeosu," "The Fruit of My Woman," and "Yellow Pattern Eternity," and the poetry collection "I Put the Evening Away in the Drawer."
Han Kang won the Booker Prize in 2016 for "The Vegetarian," and the Malaparte Prize the following year for "The Boys Coming," becoming a writer who is garnering attention not only in Korea but also around the world.
The Swedish Academy has awarded the Literature Prize alternately to male and female authors since 2012.
The 2022 award will go to French author Annie Ernaux, while last year's winner was Norwegian author Jon Fosse. It is thought that a female author is more likely to win the prize this year.
The winner will receive a prize of 11 million Swedish kronor (approximately 157 million yen).