{"id":112712,"date":"2024-10-11T00:26:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T17:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112712"},"modified":"2024-10-11T00:26:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T17:26:49","slug":"south-korean-author-han-kang-wins-the-2024-nobel-prize-in-literature-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112712","title":{"rendered":"South Korean author Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel prize in literature | Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/nobel-prize-literature\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Nobel prize in literature<\/a> has been awarded to 53-year-old South Korean novelist Han Kang for her \u201cintense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life\u201d. Her works include The Vegetarian, The White Book, Human Acts and Greek Lessons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">\u201cI was able to talk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/han-kang\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Han Kang<\/a> on the phone,\u201d said Swedish Academy permanent secretary Mats Malm after announcing the winner. \u201cShe was having an ordinary day it seemed \u2013 had just finished supper with her son. She wasn\u2019t really prepared for this, but we have begun to discuss preparations for December\u201d \u2013 when Han will be presented with the Nobel prize.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"610c3560-ea84-4188-8ea2-edd7f4b270ff\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:2,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Han Kang: \u2018Writing about a massacre was a struggle. I\u2019m a person who feels pain when you throw meat on a fire\u2019&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;610c3560-ea84-4188-8ea2-edd7f4b270ff&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2016\/feb\/05\/han-kang-interview-writing-massacre&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:2,&quot;theme&quot;:3,&quot;design&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Han\u2019s novels, novellas, essays and short story collections have variously explored themes of patriarchy, violence, grief and humanity. Her 2007 novel The Vegetarian, which was translated into English in 2015 by Deborah Smith, won the International Booker prize in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Han is the first South Korean author and 18th woman to win the prize. Her \u201cempathy for vulnerable, often female, lives is palpable, and reinforced by her metaphorically charged prose,\u201d said Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel committee. \u201cShe has a unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and in a poetic and experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">\u201cI have long known that Han Kang is one of the most profound and skilled writers working on the contemporary world stage,\u201d said novelist Deborah Levy. \u201cWell done, dearest Han Kang, I\u2019m so pleased that you are our 2024 Nobel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Novelist Max Porter, who edited Smith\u2019s translation of The Vegetarian, said Han is \u201ca vital voice and a writer of extraordinary humanity. Her work is a gift to us all. I am beyond thrilled she has been recognised by the Nobel committee. New readers will discover, and be changed by, her miraculous work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">\u201cThis is such a well-deserved accomplishment\u201d of Han\u2019s, said writer and translator Bora Chung, whose collection of short stories Cursed Bunny, translated from Korean by Anton Hur, was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker prize. \u201cWe are immensely proud of her!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Han was born in Gwangju, a city in the south-west of South Korea, in 1970. When she was 10, her family moved to the Suyu-dong neighbourhood of Seoul. She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University in the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">In 1993, Han made her literary debut with a series of five poems published in the Korean magazine Literature and Society. The following year she won the Seoul Shinmun spring literary contest with a story, Red Anchor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"dab6d5e0-f835-4db2-af61-b8ccb8b11245\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:10,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Greek Lessons by Han Kang review \u2013 loss forges an intimate connection&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;dab6d5e0-f835-4db2-af61-b8ccb8b11245&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2023\/apr\/11\/greek-lessons-by-han-kang-review-loss-forges-an-intimate-connection&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:2,&quot;theme&quot;:3,&quot;design&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Her first short story collection, Love of Yeosu, was published in 1995. In 1998 she participated in the University of Iowa International Writing Program for three months, supported by Arts Council Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">The Vegetarian was her first novel to be translated into English. Though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/booksblog\/2018\/jan\/15\/lost-in-mistranslation-english-take-on-korean-novel-has-critics-up-in-arms\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">translation was criticised<\/a>, it won the International Booker prize and helped earn Han worldwide readership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Writer Boyd Tonkin, who chaired the 2016 International Booker judging panel, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BoydTonkin\/status\/1844343956555039133\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wrote in an X post<\/a> that eight years ago, \u201cmedia scoffers ridiculed our choice of an \u2018obscure\u2019 Korean. But readers loved it\u201d. Now, \u201cmany more will discover this unique vision and voice\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Kan\u2019s 2014 novel, Human Acts, is about the May 1980 Gwangju massacre, when an uprising was brutally suppressed by the military. The novel \u201cremembers and retells the Gwangju massacre by narrating how sufferings from this historical event came to be written into the everyday life and the bodies of the victims, witnesses and survivors, exploring this from the perspective of six people directly and indirectly impacted by this massacre,\u201d said Hannah Hyun Kyong Chang, lecturer in Korean studies at the University of Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Han\u2019s latest novel, We Do Not Part, will be published in English in 2025, translated by E Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris. The story follows a writer discovering the impact of the 1948-49 Jeju uprising on the family of her friend. The French translation of the novel won the prix M\u00e9dicis \u00c9tranger in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">\u201cWhat a wonderful moment this is for Han Kang and for all who love her work,\u201d said Simon Prosser, publishing director at Hamish Hamilton, Han\u2019s UK publisher. \u201cIn writing of exceptional beauty and clarity she faces unflinchingly the painful question of what it means to be human \u2013 to be of a species which is simultaneously capable of acts of cruelty and acts of love. She sees and thinks and feels like no other writer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Han is \u201cone of the greatest living writers\u201d, according to novelist Eimear McBride. \u201cShe is a voice for women, for truth and, above all, for the power of what literature can be. This is a very richly deserved win.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2024\/oct\/10\/south-korean-author-han-kang-wins-the-2024-nobel-prize-in-literature\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to 53-year-old South Korean novelist Han Kang for her \u201cintense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112712\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}