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South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and reveals the fragility of human life."
Presented by the Swedish Academy, the prize is valued at 11 million Swedish crowns (approximately $1.1 million).
Born in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1970, Han Kang comes from a literary family, with her father being a respected novelist. She made her literary debut as a poet in 1993, publishing five poems, including "Winter in Seoul," in the winter issue of *Munhak-gwa-sahoe* (Literature and Society). The following year, she began her career as a novelist, winning the 1994 Seoul Shinmun Spring Literary Contest with her work "Red Anchor." Her first short story collection, *Yeosu*, was published in 1995. In 1998, she participated in the University of Iowa International Writing Program for three months, supported by Arts Council Korea.
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Her notable publications include the short story collection *Fruits of My Woman* (2000) and *Fire Salamander* (2012), as well as novels such as *Black Deer* (1998), *Your Cold Hands* (2002), *The Vegetarian* (2007), *Breath Fighting* (2010), *Greek Lessons* (2011), *Human Acts* (2014), *The White Book* (2016), and *I Do Not Bid Farewell* (2021). She also published a poetry collection titled *I Put The Evening in the Drawer* (2013). In 2016, Han Kang won the International Booker Prize for *The Vegetarian*.
Her most recent novel, *I Do Not Bid Farewell*, received the Medicis Prize in France in 2023 and the Emile Guimet Prize in 2024.
According to the Nobel Prize committee, Han Kang's work is marked by a dual exposure to pain, reflecting the interplay between mental and physical torment, deeply connected to Eastern philosophy. She addresses historical traumas and the invisible rules that govern life, highlighting the fragility of human existence in each of her works. With a keen awareness of the connections between body and soul, life and death, her poetic and experimental style has established her as an innovator in contemporary prose.
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