Kang was awarded the prestigious prize "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."

South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

Han Kang is first Korean writer to win the award. The citation commended "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."

fyi. Han is last name, Kang is first name. In Korean, the last name is written before the first name.

The citation commended Han Kang's "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." She won the International Booker Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016.

her name is the Han river? lol

Han is her family name.