[Monthly hot topic] The first Nobel Literature Prize winner from South Korea, Han kang
The first Nobel Literature Prize winner from South Korea and the first Asian woman to receive the award, Han Kang Han Kang is the first Nobel Literature Prize winner from South Korea and the first Asian female to receive this honor. She is also South Korea's second Nobel Prize winner and the first Asian to win the Booker Prize. As a result of these accomplishments, the number of academic papers related to Han Kang's novels has significantly increased since 2017. Han Kang's novel The Vegetarian was translated into English and gained recognition in the English-speaking world, leading to heightened academic interest in what is often referred to as "Han Kang's literature." Notably, Han Kang won the International Man Booker Prize in 2016 for The Vegetarian, which was recognized as the best English novel of the year. Let's look at the international reaction to the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature through sentiment analysis. Overall, positive reactions dominate. Bo