Han Kang's Nobel Prize was a surprise to many in South Korea. Here's what you need to know about 'her intense poetic prose ...

A uthor Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her “intense poetic prose” on Oct. 10, per a press release by ...

Han Kang, South Korea's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was slow to secure global acclaim, getting her first ...

South Koreans have reacted with joy and astonishment after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in ...

The author, who has never shied away from criticizing Korean culture, has also given South Korea its first Nobel Prize in ...

The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called her ...

Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local ...

SEOUL, Oct 11 (Reuters) - South Koreans flocked to book stores on Friday and crashed websites in a frenzy to snap up copies ...

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South Korean novelist Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize for Literature, beating short-listed literary heavyweights like Thomas ...

South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts ...