South Korea's Han Kang awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life," the award-giving body said on Thursday.

South Korea's Han Kang awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
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South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life," the award-giving body said on Thursday.