In Europe, "Han River fever"...Foreign media "resisting the patriarchal culture"

A special section on the Han River has been opened at a bookstore in London, England.French publisher "I can't sell books without books...Increasing Readers' Interest"

Han Kang's 'Vegetarian' Produced in Italian

[Anchor]
The work of Han Kang, Korea's first Nobel Prize laureate in literature in Europe, has been sold out throughout bookstores and has been produced as a play.

Foreign media interpreted the work as a resistance to patriarchal culture, predicting that the award will serve as an opportunity for Korean literature to stand at the center of world literature.

This is reporter Lee Seung-yoon.

[Reporter]
The Han River's enthusiasm for winning the Nobel Prize in literature has also hit Europe, including France and Italy, with a special section of the Han River being opened at a bookstore in London, England.

"We can't sell it because we don't have a book," a local French publisher said, adding that readers' interest soared.Thirty-three thousand copies of

were sold out at Paris Bookstore, but 8,000 more copies were ordered urgently.

Han Kang's works are also produced in Italian plays.

From the 25th to February next year, the Italian theater company will stage the play "The Vegetarian" in Rome, Bologna, Milan, Turin, as well as Paris, France, Tour, Toulouse, and Montpellier.

Foreign media also highlighted the world of Han River's works.

The New York Times, an American daily, interpreted Han Kang's work as a form of resistance to patriarchal Korean culture.

"In Korea, where women are discriminated against in politics, economy, and news, literature is a channel for women to express their power," he said.
This is in some context with the evaluation of the
Nobel Committee.

[Anna Karin Farm / Nobel Committee Member: It's a kind of counterattack against the cruelty of power facing the Han River, which is very impressive]

The Associated Press also said, "The Han River's award was a reminder of Korea's growing cultural influence."

Reuters expected that "K Culture, symbolized by K-pop and drama Squid Game, could be expanded to K literature."

"After Oscar, TV dramas and K-pop stars have taken over the world market, and now they have even taken the Nobel Prize for Literature," AFP said.

Foreign media predicted that the award will serve as an opportunity for Korean literature, which remained in the periphery, to now advance to the center of world literature.

I'm YTN's Lee Seungyoon.

Video editing: Lee Eun-kyung Design: Lee Won-hee