Seoul, Oct 16, 2024 (AFP) - South Korea's Han sells one million books after Nobel win

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2024-10-16

More than a million copies of books by Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, have sold locally since the honour was announced, bookstores said Wednesday. The short story writer and novelist is best known overseas for her Man Booker Prize-winning "The Vegetarian", her first novel translated into English. The 53-year-old, who also became the first Asian woman author to win the Nobel, was chosen "for her intense poe......

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