Han Kang has become the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature, and the eighteenth woman to win the award. The 53-year-old has written poetry, books of essays and novels, including "The Vegetarian," which won the Man Booker Prize in 2016. In its citation, the Swedish Academy commended her for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Here's more from @npr.

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