Han Kang Height, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography
Han Kang Height, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography
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Quick Infoâ
Marital Status: Divorced
Hometown: Gwangju
Age: 54 Years
Bio/Wiki | |
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Other Name | Han Kang-hyun |
Profession | Writer |
Physical Stats | |
Height (approx.) | 5' 5" (165 cm) |
Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Awards, Honours | ⢠1999- Korean Novel Award for 'Baby Buddha' ⢠2000- Korean Ministry of Culture Today's Young Artist Award â Literature Section ⢠2005- Yi Sang Literary Award for 'Mongolian Mark' ⢠2010- Dongri Literary Award for 'The Wind is Blowing' ⢠2014- Manhae Literary Award for 'Human Acts' ⢠2015- Hwang Sun-won Literary Award for 'While One Snowflake Melts' ⢠2016- International Booker Prize for 'The Vegetarian' ⢠2017- Malaparte Prize for 'Human Acts' ⢠2018- Kim Yu-jeong Literary Award for 'Farewell' ⢠2019- San Clemente Literary Prize for 'The Vegetarian' ⢠2023- Prix MĂŠdicis ĂŠtranger (French Literary Award) for 'We Do Not Part' ⢠2024- Nobel Prize in Literature ⢠2024- Ămile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for 'We Do Not Part' ⢠2024- Ho-Am Prize in the Arts |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 27 November 1970 (Friday) |
Age (as of 2024) | 54 Years |
Birthplace | Gwangju, South Jeolla, South Korea |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Signature | ![]() |
Nationality | Korean |
Hometown | Gwangju |
School | Poongmoon High School |
College/University | ⢠Yonsei University, Seoul (1989-1993) ⢠University of Iowa, United States |
Educational Qualification(s) | ⢠Major in Korean language and Literature from Yonsei University ⢠International Writing Program from University of Iowa |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Divorced |
Family | |
Husband/Spouse | Hong Yong-hee (Literary Critic, Professor) (Deceased) |
Children | Son- Yoon Ye-ji |
Parents | Father- Han Seung-won (Novelist) Mother- Im Gam-oh ![]() |
Siblings | Brothers- Han Dong-rim (Novelist), Han Kang-in (Novelist, Cartoonist) |
Favourites | |
Book | 'The Brothers Lionheart' by Astrid Lindgren |
Writer(s) | Lim Chul-woo, Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Han Kang
Han Kang Was raised by her parents in a middle-class South Korean family.
Han Kangâs (in the lap of her father) childhood photo
Han Kangâs family is famously known as the âfamily of writersâ in South Korea.
While studying in school, she was made the class president many times because of her incredible leadership qualities.
When she was just 9 years old, Han Kang moved to Suyu-ri in Seoul when her father quit his teaching job to become a full-time writer.
In 1980, a student-led demonstration took place in Hanâs hometown Gwangju which led to the militaryâs massacre of students and civilians.
Han Kang got to know about the massacre when she was 12 after discovering at her home a secretly circulated memorial album of photographs which was hidden on the top shelf of the family bookcase and which were taken by a German journalist.
The moment she found the memorial album of photographs, she was deeply influenced and her view on humanity and her literary works took a turn. Expressing her feelings when she first saw the photographs, she said that
Silently, and without fuss, some tender thing deep inside me broke. Something that, until then, I hadnât even realised was there.â
Han was always surrounded by an environment of literature and writing and she got interested in writing after seeing her fatherâs success.
After graduating from Yonsei University, Han Kang worked as a reporter for the monthly magazine named âSaemteo Magazine.â
During her college days, Han Kang read a line that said âI believe that humans should be plantsâ which was written by the Korean writer Yi Sang and the line was a defensive opinion against the violence of Koreaâs colonial history under Japanese occupation.
Han took inspiration from the line and the poet and decided to write her three-part fiction novel titled âThe Vegetarianâ which was published in 2007. The novel was loosely based on Hanâs 1997 short story titled âThe Fruit of My Woman.â
The cover of Han Kangâs fiction novel titled âThe Vegetarianâ which was published in 2007
In 1993, Hanâs literary career started when five of her poems were featured in the Winter 1993 issue of the quarterly âLiterature and Society.â
In 1994, she took part in the New Yearâs Literary Contest held by the Seoul Shinmun. Han participated in her fiction short story titled âThe Scarlet Anchorâ and won the competition.
In 1995, Han Kang published her first short story collection titled âA Love of Yeosu.â
After getting her first short story collection published, she quit her magazine job to focus solely on writing literature.
In 2007, Han Kang published her book titled âA Song to Sing Calmlyâ which was accompanied by a music album. Han Jung Rim who is a Korean musician and music director insisted on Han Kang singing the songs for the music album to which she agreed.
In the same year, she started working as a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and she worked there till 2018.
âThe Vegetarianâ (2007) was Hanâs first novel that was translated into English.
In 2009, her novel âThe Vegetarianâ (2007) was made into a South Korean erotic body horror drama film titled âVegetarianâ which was directed by Lim Woo-Seongc. The film was one of only 14 selections out of 1,022 submissions, that was included in the World Narrative Competition of the North American Film Fest.
In 2011, her novella titled âBaby Buddhaâ was made into a South Korean film titled âScars.â
In 2013, Han Kang published her poetry collection titled âI Put Dinner in the Drawer.â
In 2014, Han Kang published a novel titled âHuman Actsâ which was based on the democratization uprising that occurred on May 18, 1980, in Gwangju, Korea.
The cover of Han Kangâs fiction novel titled âHuman Actsâ (2014)
In 2016, Han Kang was the first Korean to be nominated for the International Booker Prize 2016.
Her novel âThe Vegetarianâ was the first Korean language novel to win the International Booker Prize for fiction.
Han Kangâs fiction novel âThe Vegetarianâ was chosen as one of âThe 10 Best Books of 2016â by The New York Times Book Review.
In 2016, she published her autobiographical novel titled âThe White Bookâ which was short-listed for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize. The book was based on her older sister who died 2 hours after birth.
Han Kang during the press conference of her novel titled âThe White Bookâ (2016)
As of 2024, Han Kang runs a bookstore with her son in Seoul, South Korea.
In 2024, she became the first South Korean writer and the first female Asian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Han Kang suffers from periodic migraines, as of 2024.
Han has published many fiction novels and some of them include âBlack Deerâ (1998), âYour Cold Handsâ (2002), âThe Wind Blows, Goâ (2010), âFire Salamanderâ (2012), and âWe Do Not Partâ (2021).
Han Kang has published many short stories and some of them include âMy Name is Sunflowerâ (2002), âThe Red Flower Storyâ (2003), âThunder Little Fairy, Lightning Little Fairyâ (2007), and âTear Boxâ (2008).
She has written two essays and they are âLove and Things Surrounding Loveâ (2003) and âA Song to Sing Calmlyâ (2007).
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