Novelist Han Kang stands at the center of the world... First Asian woman to win Nobel Prize in Literature - Korean media

Novelist Han Kang (54) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature this year. Han Kang is the first Korean author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Han Kang, who was recognized by the Swedish Academy as an innovator of contemporary essays, won the World Nobel Prize for "The Vegetarian" in 2016.
She made history as the first Korean author to win the British Booker Prize, one of the three major literary awards. The following year, in 2017, she won the Italian Malaparte Literature Prize for "The Boys Are Coming," and in 2018, she won the Italian Literature Prize for "The Boys Are Coming."
He won Spain's San Clemente Literature Prize for "The Vegetarian." In 2023, he became the first Korean author to win France's Medicis Foreign Literature Prize for "No Goodbye."
Earlier this year, she won the French Emile Guimet Asian Literature Prize. In Korea, she has also swept all major corporate arts awards. Han Kang will be nominated for the 2022 Golden Lion for her novel "No Goodbye."
Following the 30th Daesang Literature Award, he received the Samsoo Hoam Award in May and the 18th Pony Cheon Innovation Award in September.
"It's been 30 years since I published my first novel," he said, "and it's sometimes a little mystical that I've been able to connect with people through my writing. I want to take my time and not rush, and take a detour, a longer path."
Han Kang was born in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province in November 1970. She graduated from Pungmun Girls' High School in Seoul and Yeongdeungpo Girls' High School in Seoul.
Han Kang, who graduated from the Department of Korean Literature at Yonsei University, has made a name for himself as a novelist, but his first work was poetry. In 1993, he published four poems, including "Winter in Seoul," in the winter issue of the quarterly magazine "Literature and Society."
The following year, his short story "Red Anchor" was selected as a winner in the Seoul Shinmun New Year's Literature Contest, and he began his career as a novelist.