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Han Kang
The latest news and top stories on Han Kang, a novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate. Known for her intense poetic prose, she was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize for confronting historical traumas and exposing human life's fragility. She previously won the 2016 International Booker Prize for *The Vegetarian*, a landmark for Korean literature. Her work, including *Human Acts*, explores themes of violence, grief and the body-soul connection. She formerly taught creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, contributing significantly to contemporary prose.
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