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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…

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English 한강 Han Kang was born in 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju before, at the age of nine, moving with her family to Seoul. She comes from a literary background, her father being a reputed novelist. Alongside her writing, she has also devoted herself to art and music, which is reflected throughout her entire literary production.…