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S. Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

S. Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Stockholm, Oct 10 (UNI) South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.
The announcement made Han the first South Korean writer to win this prestigious honor. The academy praised her "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."
Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Literature, commended Han's "physical empathy for the vulnerable, often female lives" of her characters.

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