South Korean author Han Kang received the revered Nobel Prize in Literature this Thursday. The Nobel committee acknowledged her emotive, poetic prose that not only delves into historical hardships but also emphasizes the fragility of our human lives.
Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: The Swedish Academy announced the Nobel Prize in Literature for this year on Thursday. The prestigious award was given to South Korean author Han Kang. She received the prize for what the Nobel committee described as “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Notably, this is the 117th time the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded. Last year, the prize was awarded to Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose that give voice to the unsayable.”
From the moment it was first established in 1901 up till 2023, a combined total of 120 remarkable individuals had the honour of receiving this esteemed award. Unique to this domain, nobody has ever managed to bag the award more than once. Also, it’s worth noting that the award was shared between two individuals only four times in its history – in the years 1904, 1917, 1966, and 1974.
