Summary
- Author Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, becoming the first South Korean to receive this honor.
- Han Kang was recognized for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.
- This is a historic win for Korean literature and has garnered international attention for Han’s work.
- The news of her win led to a surge in demand for her books, causing major online bookstores in South Korea to crash.