Actress Go Hyun-jung expressed her joy at novelist Han Kang winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.
On the 10th, Go Hyun-jung shared a post on her personal account captioned “Finally, Han Kang author Nobel Prize” along with the words “I’m happy” and a screenshot of the news.
She also shared books such as ‘The Boy Comes’ and ‘No Farewell’.
On this day, the Swedish Academy selected Han Kang as the Nobel Prize winner in Literature, expressing that she “confronts historic trauma and reveals the fragility of human life through powerful poetic essays.”
Furthermore, they explained, “She has a unique insight into the connection between the living and the dead, becoming an innovative figure in modern prose with her poetic and experimental style.”
BTS’s V also congratulated the author on social media by saying, “Author! The Boy Comes. I read it in the military. Wow, congratulations,” and RM also conveyed his congratulations through emoticons.
It is known that RM often reads novels by Han Kang in his spare time.
Han Kang gained international fame in 2016 when she became the first Korean to win the international section of the prestigious Man Booker Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian.’
In particular, through her long novel ‘The Boy Comes,’ dealing with the Gwangju Democratization Movement, and ‘No Farewell,’ which unravels the tragedy of the Jeju 4.3 Incident from the perspective of three women, she has depicted the deep darkness and scars of Korean modern history into novels.
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by Kwak Myeong-dong Reporter (entheos@mydaily.co.kr)