THE 2024 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. The Literature Prize was announced by the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy and follows announcements for three preceeding days of Nobel prizes honouring works in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry.
In her oeuvre, Han Kang confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of rules and, in each of her works, exposes the fragility of human life. She has a unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and in her poetic and experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose, the Academy said.
Born in 1970, Han Kang gained international fame with her 2015 novel “The Vegetarian”, exploring the chaotic reactions to protagonist Yeong-hye’s refusal to conform to societal food norms.
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 116 times since 1901, with the last female laureate being Annie Ernaux in 2022. The Nobel Prize, established by Alfred Nobel’s will, honours significant contributions to humanity across various fields, including literature, physics, and medicine.
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