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In a South Korea that reads little, the Nobel Prize causes sales of Han Kang’s books to explode
In South Korea, the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Han Kang caused sales of his books to explode. The very evening of his selection to the prestigious Swedish academy,…
Nobel laureate Han Kang in the first interview after the literature prize: I thought it was a prank call
Han Kang had just had dinner with his son at home in Seoul when the Swedish Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary Mats Malm called. – When I was interviewed by the…
Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: “Very surprised”
NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS TODAY Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: “Very surprised” A television screen shows Nobel laureate Han Kang at a train station in Seoul on Thursday. Photo:…
The Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to South Korean novelist Han Kang – L’Express
South Korean literature is in the spotlight. The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded this Thursday, October 10, to South Korean author Han Kang, 53. The writer, who writes poems…
Han Kang and Amélie Cordonnier: books not to be missed
Impossible goodbyes By Han Kang, trans. from Korean by Khyngran Choi and Pierre Bisiou. Grasset, 336 p., €22. L’Express rating: 4/5 how dark these impossible goodbyes are… By Han Kang,…
Utrechter Han van Bree stops Het Aanzien Van after forty years: ‘I have to rehab’
On the cover of The Presence of 1980 stands the election of Ronald Reagan as the new president of the United States, not the inauguration of Beatrix. “Not even on…