South Korea's Han Kang wins Nobel Literature Prize

South Korea's Han Kang wins Nobel Literature Prize(www.bbc.com)

Posted October 10, 2024 by HildegardVonBees in GoodNewsForWomen

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HildegardVonBees [OP]

October 10, 2024

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Finally a woman has interrupted the sausage fest that is this year’s Nobel Prize awards.

A turning point for her career came in 2016, when she won the International Man Booker prize for The Vegetarian - a book which had been released nearly a decade before, but was first translated into English in 2015 by Deborah Smith.

It depicts the violent consequences for a woman who refuses to submit to the norms of food intake.

Interesting story about how The Vegetarian was translated by a woman who taught herself Korean:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36303604

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Feministunderyrbed

October 10, 2024

Great news. I really liked her book Human Acts. I was puzzled by The Vegetarian but I could tell it was quality.

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sicktodeath

October 10, 2024

Oh! I’ve never heard of her, but now must read her books!

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Mobymaybe

October 10, 2024

Same!

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Posted October 10, 2024 by HildegardVonBees

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