Han Kang won the Nobel Prize for Literature...write a new history of Korean literature

[Anchor]
Novelist Han Kang became the first Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

It is the second time for Koreans to win a Nobel Prize since former President Kim Dae Jung's 2000 Peace Prize.

Reporter Park Young-jin reports.

[Mats Malm / Swedish Academy: The winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature is Korean writer Han Kang]

[Reporter]
Han Kang, the first Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

After former President Kim Dae Jung's Nobel Peace Prize, he won the Nobel Prize for the second time in 24 years.

Sweden's Nobel Committee said Han Kang's work is "an intense poetic prose that faces historical trauma and reveals the fragility of human life."

[Mats Malm / Swedish Academy Life Commissioner: (Han Kang's work) is an intense poetic prose that confronts historical trauma and reveals the fragility of human life.]

In addition, the artist Han Kang has a unique perception of the connection between the body and soul, the living and the dead, and has become an innovator in modern prose in a poetic and experimental style.

[Anna Karin Pham / Nobel Committee Member: Han's work spans a wide variety of genres, and I think it's a really powerful lyrical prose that's cruel, soft, sometimes a little surreal and exciting]

Han Kang Becomes 121st Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 18th as a female writer and the first as an Asian female writer.

The Nobel Committee drew attention by marking the name and work of the artist Han Kang in Korean on its official website and social media accounts.

Foreign media also reported that it was the first Korean writer to win the award.

In particular, referring to the Oscar-winning film 'Parasite', the box office success of the NetFlys series 'Squid Game', global K-pop groups BTS and Black Pink,
The
Han River's Nobel Prize in Literature "reflects the growing global influence of Korean culture."

Nobel Prize winners will be awarded 11 million krona in prize money, about 1.34 billion won, medals, and certificates.

The Nobel Prize in Literature will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on December 10, Alfred Nobel's anniversary.

I'm Park Youngjin of YTN.

Edit
video: Han Soo-min