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The 2024 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Han Kang, a South Korean author, for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” ...

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South Korean author Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 for her intense poetic prose confronting historical traumas. The Nobel committee announces this alongside other 2024 laureates ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical ...