Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize laureate in literature 2024 Han Kang reads (in Korean) from her book 채식주의자 (The Vegetarian). The video was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on 6 December 2024. English Excerpt from The Vegetarian She raises her head again. The ambulance is rounding the last bend in the road, leaving Mount Ch’ukseong. She sees a black…

List of activities carried out during Nobel Week 2024 that may be of particular interest to media visiting Stockholm to cover this year’s Nobel Prize in literature. More activities might be added. Please look back.  5 december 08:45 The yearly press conference organised by the Nobel Foundation  Location: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Old Town, StockholmAccreditation:…

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Han Kang receiving her Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024. Han Kang after receiving her Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024. Literature laureate Han Kang and Christopher O’Neill at the Nobel Prize banquet,…

Artist: Gunnar Brusewitz.

Interview, December 2024 Interview with the 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Han Kang, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Han Kang answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): What influence did your family have on your interest in writing? What did books mean…

Curious about 2024 literature laureate  but unsure which of her books to pick up first? Here Steve Sem-Sandberg from the Swedish Academy gives his recommendations. The Vegetarian The Vegetarian is Han Kang’s international breakthrough novel which won the International Booker prize in 2016. It’s the story of a middle aged Korean woman who one night suddenly…

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 to Han Kang by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 10 October 2024. After the announcement Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Literature, presented the new laureate. Interview about the awarded work ”Han Kang writes intense, lyrical prose that is both tender…

Swedish 한 강 Han Kang föddes 1970 i staden Gwangju i Sydkorea, men flyttade vid nio års ålder med familjen till Seoul. Hon kommer från en litterär familj där hennes far är en erkänd romanförfattare. Vid sidan av författarskapet har hon ägnat sig åt konst och musik, vilket märks i hela hennes litterära produktion. Han Kang inledde…