Han Kang
South Korean novelist who writes in Korean and reached a global audience through Deborah Smith's translations. The Vegetarian won the Man Booker International Prize. The White Book and Human Acts are equally haunting. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024.
Works
- The VegetarianWoman's refusal to eat leads to psychological unraveling and family chaos
- Human ActsHaunting novel exploring trauma, memory, and family during Gwangju uprising
- The White BookMeditation on whiteness as color, loss, and the unnamed within memory
- The Impossible Goodbye
- We Do Not Part
- Greek LessonsNarrative about a professor of classics and a young boy discovering ancient language
- Deck of Love