Han Kang

Han Kang, born in 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea, is a South Korean writer. She made her debut as a poet in 1993, and her first novel was published in 1994. Her best-known works include The Vegetarian, Human Acts, White, Greek Lessons and I Do Not Bid Farewell. In 2016, The Vegetarian won the International Booker Prize jointly with its translator; Human Acts received Italy’s Malaparte Prize. Han Kang has also received the Yi Sang Literary Award, the Manhae Literary Award and the Today’s Young Artist Award. In 2024, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.