"A good young novelist with a poetic sense"...My father, Han Seungwon, "Beyond me".

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When his father Han Seung-won heard that his daughter had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, he suspected it was "fake news" at first.

I rated my daughter as a young novelist with a poetic sense,
Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, which has produced many writers, will promote the literary view of Han Seung-won and Han Kang writers' father and daughter.

Reporter Kim Bum-hwan reports.

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His father, novelist Han Seung-won, was surprised by the news that Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

That's because Hallymwon has evaluated works that have been released for a long time and has given awards to relatively older artists.

[HAN SEUNGWON / Novel Prize Winner Han Kang's father: My daughter thought she might ride it in a few years, but yesterday's decision was too sudden and embarrassing....]

Author Han Kang, who has enjoyed being immersed in thoughts alone in his own room since he was a child,
The author
was shocked to see a photo of the horrors of the May 18 Democratic Movement that his father secretly sought during the Chun Doo-hwan administration, which was born as the novel "The Boy Is Coming."

My father evaluated Han Kang as a fourth-generation writer who mixed historical facts with poetic style and taste.

[HAN SEUNGWON / Novel Prize Winner Han Kang's father: Mythological elements, fantastic realism elements] Han Kang wrote literature more beautifully.]

Jangheung, Jeollanam-do, famous for his 'will to visit' for producing Lee Chung-joon of 'Seopyeonje' and Song Ki-sook of 'General Nokdu' and his volunteer activities against Japanese imperialism at the end of the Korean Empire,
It is Yeodaji Beach, where the disputes of writer Han Seung-won are lined up. Author Han Seung-won said he was sorry when his daughter fell down in the New Year's literature and was discouraged, but now he said Han Kang has surpassed himself as a "Seung-eo-bu."

Jangheung-gun will move forward from the already existing Heavenly Hall of Literature and prepare a commemorative space to commemorate the works and achievements of Han Seung-won and Han Kang.

[Kim Sung / Jangheung County, South Jeolla Province] It is a feat of our Jangheung County, and I think it will be an opportunity for many Jangheung County residents to feel proud and proud.

We have such a plan to build a literary memorial for the only father and daughter in the world as well as Korea.

I'm Kim Bum Hwan of YTN.