The Nobel Prize for Literature used to be very heavy from the point of view of a cultural editor. There was no way to prepare for her. At most, before the announcement, broadcast somewhere inside the building of the Swedish Academy, write a few paragraphs about the history of the prize and about the authors … Read more
You can also listen to the article in audio version. The laureate of the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2024 is South Korean Han Kang. “In his work, he deals with historical traumas and invisible social rules, and in each of his works he reveals the fragility of human life. She has a unique awareness … Read more
South Korean writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize for Literature this year. The Academy praised her “intensely poetic prose that confronts historical trauma and reveals the fragility of life”. Her books Vegetarian, Where the Grass Grows and White Book were published in Czech. Fifty-three-year-old Han Kang became famous worldwide mainly for her novel Vegetarian … Read more
The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang. The Swedish Academy praises her for her ‘intense poetic prose that addresses historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’. Han Kang was born on November 27, 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju. When she was nine, the … Read more