Nobel Prize 2024 in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.
Han Kang 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. Han Kang confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of rules and, in each of her works, exposes the fragility of human life.
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Han Kang was born in 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju, moving with her family to Seoul. She comes from a literary background and her father is a reputed novelist.
Famous Nobel / Books written by Han Kang
- Love of Yeosu
- Your Cold Hands
- The Vegetarian, 2015
- The Wind Blows, Go
- Human Acts, 2016
- The White Book, 2017
- We Do Not Part
- Europa, 2019
- Greek Lessons, 2023
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Practice MCQs:
1. What theme is central to Han Kang’s writing, for which she was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature?
(A) Exploration of artificial intelligence
(B) Confrontation of historical traumas and the fragility of human life
(C) Celebration of nature and wildlife
(D) Science fiction and futuristic worlds
Answer: (B) Confrontation of historical traumas and the fragility of human life
2. The Nobel Prize 2024 in Literature winner Han Kang is from which country?
(A) Japan
(B) USA
(C) South Korea
(D) Vietnam
Answer: (C) South Korea
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3. In addition to historical traumas, Han Kang’s prose often deals with:
(A) Connections between body parts
(B)Human and Environmental
(C) Connections between body and soul
(D) Connections between different souls
Answer: (C) Connections between body and soul
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