Han kang: In 2016

In 2016, Han Kang ’s The Vegetarian became the first Korean language novel to win the Man Booker International Prize. A deeply ruminative book about the consequences of quiet but absolute resistance, The Vegetarian focuses on housewife Yeong-Hye and her decision to stop eating meat. Colonialism ... Han Kang (Korean: 한강; born 27 November 1970 [1]) is a South Korean writer. From 2007 to 2018, she taught creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. [2] 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. Han is the first Asian woman and Korean to be a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, receiving the award in 2024 in recognition of her "intense poetic ... How the novels of Nobel laureate Han Kang give voice to a generation of South Koreans. Han Kang is a South Korean writer who is known for her experimental fiction and works that address humanity’s capacity for violence. In 2024 she became the first South Korean author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her acclaimed novels include The Vegetarian and The White Book.