Written by South Korean author Han Kang and translated by ... oppression in South Korea and is well-deserving of its Nobel Prize in literature.

South Korean author Han Kang has been granted this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences announced Thursday. She was chosen for her novel The Vegetarian ...

SEOUL--South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature ... the history of Korean literature” and ...

South Korean author Han Kang has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” ...

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean novelist Han Kang has made history as the first Korean and the first Asian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature ... Chinese author Mo Yan was ...

South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said ''confronts historical traumas and ...

[AFP] Author Han Kang on Thursday became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for work characterised by the correspondence between mental and physical torment as well as ...

STOCKHOLM--South Korean author Han Kang, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, spoke passionately on Saturday about the process of writing and her evolution as a writer — all ...

Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers soared following her historic Nobel Prize win. The first ...