{"id":8511,"date":"2024-10-11T10:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T09:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2024-10-11T10:40:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T09:40:18","slug":"south-korean-author-han-kang-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=8511","title":{"rendered":"South Korean Author Han Kang Wins Nobel Prize in Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Han Kang, a 53-year-old South Korean writer, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, making her the first South Korean author to receive this prestigious honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Points:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Historic Achievement:<\/strong> Han Kang is the first South Korean and the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Recognition:<\/strong> The Swedish Academy in Stockholm announced the award, praising Han&#8217;s &#8220;intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and reveals the fragility of human existence.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Literary Style:<\/strong> The Nobel committee highlighted Han&#8217;s unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and her innovative approach to contemporary prose.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Previous Accolades:<\/strong> Han gained international recognition after winning the Man Booker International Prize in 2016 for her novel &#8220;The Vegetarian.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notable Works:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Han Kang is known for her experimental fiction and works that address humanity&#8217;s capacity for violence. Some of her acclaimed books include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;The Vegetarian&#8221; (2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Human Acts&#8221; (2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The White Book&#8221; (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Award Details:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Nobel Prize in Literature comes with a monetary award of 11 million Swedish kronor (approximately $1.1 million).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Han Kang is only the second South Korean to win a Nobel Prize, following former President Kim Dae-jung&#8217;s Peace Prize in 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nobel Prize ceremony will be held on December 10th in Stockholm, commemorating the anniversary of Alfred Nobel&#8217;s death. This recognition is expected to bring Han Kang&#8217;s work to even greater international attention and spotlight Korean literature on the global stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWATCH.DZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: nor-eleslam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>han kang nobel prize literature south korea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Han Kang, a 53-year-old South Korean writer, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, making her the first South Korean author to receive this prestigious honor. Key Points: Historic Achievement: Han Kang is the first South Korean and the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Recognition: The Swedish Academy &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8513,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions\/8513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}