Nobel Prize for literature awarded to Han Kang

The Nobel Prize is considered the world's most prestigious award for writing.

Han Kang of South Korea has been given the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy noted her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."

She follows Norwegian author Jon Fosse, a beloved playwright known for his avant-garde style.

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