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Han Kang: South Korean author wins Nobel Prize in literature

The writer was praised for her ‘intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2024

South Korean author Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel prize in literature

Han, whose works include The Vegetarian, was praised for her ‘intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024

South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

The first South Korean to win the literature prize said she would ‘celebrate it quietly’ and have tea with her son.

Al Jazeera · Oct 10, 2024

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review – studies in silence and solitude

A woman who has lost the power of speech forms a connection with a language teacher who is losing his sight in the Korean author’s striking examination of selfhood

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2023

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Greek Lessons by Han Kang and Death Of A Bookseller by Alice Slater.

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023

'Greek Lessons' is an intimate, vulnerable portrayal of two lonely people

Greek Lessons feels like a departure from Han Kang's other English-translated novels; tugging bit by bit at the heartstrings, readers are left speechless with both sadness and hope by the final pages.

WEKU · Apr 20, 2023

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review – loss forges an intimate connection

An elegant translation of the South Korean writer’s 2011 novel explores how a teacher losing his sight and a pupil losing her voice form a poetic bond

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2023