The Nobel prize in literature was last week awarded to 53-year-old South Korean novelist Han Kang, who is the first writer from South Korea to receive the Nobel prize.
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The Nobel prize in literature was last week awarded to 53-year-old South Korean novelist Han Kang, who is the first writer from South Korea to receive the Nobel prize.
The author is known for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”.
Born in 1970 in South Korea, Han was a recipient of the Yi Sang Literary Award, the Today’s Young Artist Award and the Manhae Prize for Literature.
In light of her most recent accolade, Life highlights some of her best works.
The Vegetarian
Published in Korea in 2007, The Vegetarian won the 2016 International Booker Prize after it was translated into English. It centres on a depressed housewife who shocks her family when she stops eating meat. Later, she stops eating altogether and yearns to turn into a tree that can live off sunlight alone.
Greek Lessons
Kang’s most recent book,…