Han Kang | |
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.png) Han Kang in 2017 | |
| Born | November 27, 1970 Gwangju, South Korea |
| Pen name | Han Kang-hyun |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Yonsei University |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | The Vegetarian Human Acts |
| Notable awards | Yi Sang Literary Award 2005 International Booker Prize 2016 Prix Médicis étranger 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 |
| Spouse |
Hong Yong-hee (divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents | Han Seung-won (father) |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 한강 |
| Hanja | 韓江 |
| Revised Romanization | Han Gang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han Kang |
| Website | |
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Han Kang (Korean: 한강; born 27 November 1970) is a South Korean writer. From 2007 to 2018, she taught creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.[1] Han rose to international prominence for her novel The Vegetarian, which became the first Korean language novel to win the International Booker Prize for fiction in 2016. In 2024, she became the first Korean writer and the first female Asian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- ^ "Who is Han Kang, winner of 2024 Nobel literature prize?". The Korea Times. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.