She has a unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and in her poetic and experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose,
In her oeuvre, Han Kang confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of rules and, in each of her works, exposes the fragility of human life,
In the novel 'Human Acts,' Han Kang this time employs as her political foundation a historical event that took place in the city of Gwangju, where she herself grew up and where hundreds of students and unarmed civilians were murdered during a massacre carried out by the South Korean military in 1980,
Han Kang's major international breakthrough came with the novel 'The Vegetarian,'
Novelist Han Kang receiving the Nobel Prize in literature is not only a personal honor but also a significant achievement for our nation. I hope it will serve as an opportunity for the world to recognize the stature of our literature. This award demonstrates that Korean culture and literature have attained a global level,
Han's literary uniqueness lies in her ability to create works that resonate with global readers. She has received this award for writing with a focus on global humanity. I hope this serves as an opportunity for many Korean writers to produce literary works that appeal not only to Korean readers but also to a wider international audience,
This is a very rich and complex oeuvre that spans many genres,
Han Kang writes this really intense lyrical prose that is both tender and brutal and sometimes slightly surreal,
I felt the fear and shock deeply inside me. It made me think how far humanity can go and still be human,
Language was like a double-bladed sword that I really wanted to grasp, but it wasn’t possible.”
I was able to talk to Han Kang on the phone,
There is a preoccupation with the human anatomy and the play between persona and experience, where a conflict arises in the work of the sculptor between what the body reveals and what it conceals,
She was having an ordinary day, it seems, she had just finished supper with her son,
I think they've gone to great pains to find some writer that will catch the culture commentariat with their pants down,
I just try to complete my questions through the process of my writing and I try to stay in the questions, sometimes painful, sometimes — well — sometimes demanding,