Is K-Lit the new K-pop and K-Drama?

Ever since Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature last year, much attention has been given to Korean Literature, now called K-Lit. The writer was cited “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." In addition, the prestigious organization stated, “In her oeuvre, she confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of rules and, in each of her works, exposes the fragility of human life. She has a unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and in her poetic and experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose. Among her works are The Vegetarian, Human Acts and We Do Not Part.”

Han Kang is the first Asian woman to win this award. Her books are written in Korean, her native language, but have English translations.

In her speech as she received the recognition, Han Kang looks into the interior of “first-person perspectives,” and of literature as a language that questions purpose, connects humanity, and opposes violence. 

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