Thursday, October 10, 2024
A portrait of Han Kang.

Congratulations to 1998 Fall Residency alum Han Kang, who has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature! Han is the third Fall Residency alum to win a Nobel; she joins Orhan Pamuk, who participated in 1985, and Mo Yan, who participated in 2004. Han is the first South Korean author and the 18th woman to win the prize.

You can watch an interview from Han's time at the Residency in 1998 here.