LiteratureSouth KoreaHan Kang's Nobel Prize win 'a surprise'04:44This browser does not support the video element.LiteratureSouth KoreaMatthias Frickel10/10/2024October 10, 2024South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang has been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for a body of work that the Nobel committee said "confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." Matthias Frickel from DW CultureCopy linkAdvertisement