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South Korean writer (born 1970)
Not to be confused with
Han River (Korea)
In this
Korean name
, the family name is
Han
Han Kang
Han in 2024 during Nobel Week
Born
1970-11-27
November 27, 1970
(age 55)
Gwangju
, South Korea
Pen name
Han Kang-hyun
Education
Yonsei University
BA
Genre
Fiction
Notable works
The Vegetarian
Human Acts
Notable awards
Yi Sang Literary Award
(2005
International Booker Prize
(2016)
Prix Médicis étranger
(2023)
Nobel Prize in Literature
2024
Spouse
Hong Yong-hee
(divorced)
Children
Parents
Han Seung-won
(father)
Signature
Korean name
Hangul
한강
Hanja
韓江
RR
Han Gang
MR
Han Kang
Website
Official website
Han Kang
Korean
한강
; born 27 November 1970
) is a South Korean writer. From 2007 to 2018, she taught creative writing at the
Seoul Institute of the Arts
Han rose to international prominence for her novel
The Vegetarian
, which became the first
Korean language
novel to win the
International Booker Prize
for fiction in 2016. Han is the first Asian woman and Korean to be a recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Literature
, receiving the award in 2024 in recognition of her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life".
Early life and education
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Han Kang was born on 27 November 1970 in
Gwangju
, South Korea.
According to her father, she is named for the
Han River
Korean
한강
RR
Hangang
).
Her family is noted for its literary background. Her father is novelist
Han Seung-won
. Her older brother, Han Dong-rim, is also a novelist, while her younger brother, Han Kang-in, is a novelist and cartoonist.
At the age of nine, Han moved to
Suyu-ri
in
Seoul
, when her father quit his teaching job to become a full-time writer, four months before the
Gwangju Uprising
, a pro-democracy movement that ended in the military's massacre of students and civilians. She first learned about the massacre when she was 12, after discovering at home a secretly circulated memorial album of photographs taken by a German journalist,
Jürgen Hinzpeter
This discovery deeply influenced her view on humanity and her literary works.
Han's father struggled to make ends meet with his writing career, which negatively impacted his family. Han later described her childhood as "too much for a little child"; however, being surrounded by books gave her comfort.
In 1988, she graduated from Poongmoon Girls' High School, now Poongmoon High School, where she had been a class president.
10
In 1993, Han graduated from
Yonsei University
, where she majored in Korean language and literature.
In 1998, she participated in the
University of Iowa
International Writing Program
for three months with support from the Arts Council Korea.
11
Career
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After graduating from
Yonsei University
, Han briefly worked as a reporter for the monthly
Saemteo
magazine.
10
Han's literary career began the same year when five of her poems, including "Winter in Seoul", were featured in the Winter 1993 issue of the quarterly
Literature and Society
. She made her fiction debut the next year, under the name Han Kang-hyun, when her short story "The Scarlet Anchor" won the New Year's Literary Contest held by the
Seoul Shinmun
12
13
Her first short story collection,
A Love of Yeosu
, was published in 1995 and attracted attention for its precise and tightly narrated structure. After the publication, she quit her magazine job to solely focus on writing literature.
14
In 2007, Han published a book,
A Song to Sing Calmly
가만가만 부르는 노래
), that was accompanied by a music album. At first she did not intend to sing, but Han Jeong-rim, a musician and music director, insisted that Han Kang record the songs herself.
15
The same year, she started working as a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the
Seoul Institute of the Arts
until 2018.
In her college years Han became obsessed with a line of poetry by the Korean modernist poet
Yi Sang
: "I believe that humans should be plants."
16
She understood Yi's line to imply a defensive stance against the violence of
Korea's colonial history under Japanese occupation
and took it as an inspiration to write her most successful work,
The Vegetarian
. The second part of the three-part novel,
Mongolian Mark
, won the
Yi Sang Literary Award
17
The rest of the series (
The Vegetarian
and
Fire Tree
) was delayed by contractual problems.
16
The Vegetarian
was Han's first novel translated into English, although she had already attracted worldwide attention by the time
Deborah Smith
translated it.
18
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The translated work won the
International Booker Prize 2016
for both Han and Smith. Han was the first Korean writer to be nominated for the award, and
The Vegetarian
was the first
Korean language
novel to win the
International Booker Prize
for fiction.
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22
23
The Vegetarian
was also chosen as one of "The 10 Best Books of 2016" by
The New York Times Book Review
24
Han Kang in 2017.
Han's novel
Human Acts
was released in January 2016 by Portobello Books.
25
26
Han received the
Premio Malaparte
for the Italian translation of
Human Acts
Atti Umani
, by Adelphi Edizioni, in Italy on 1 October 2017.
27
28
The English translation of the novel was shortlisted for the 2018
International Dublin Literary Award
29
Han's third novel,
The White Book
, was shortlisted for the 2018
International Booker Prize
30
An autobiographical novel, it centers on the loss of her older sister, a baby who died two hours after her birth.
31
Han's novel
We Do Not Part
was published in 2021. It tells the story of a writer researching the 1948–49
Jeju uprising
and its impact on her friend's family. The French translation of the novel won the
Prix Médicis
Étranger in 2023.
32
In 2023, Han's fourth full-length novel,
Greek Lessons
, was translated into English by Deborah Smith and E Yaewon.
33
The Atlantic
magazine called it a book in which "words are both insufficient and too powerful to tame".
34
In 2024, Han's short story "Heavy Snow" was published by the 18 November 2024 issue of
The New Yorker
35
In 2025, Han was among 414 South Korean writers who were signatories to a petition urging the
Constitutional Court of Korea
to uphold the
impeachment
of suspended president
Yoon Suk Yeol
over his
martial law declaration
36
Personal life
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Han was married to Hong Yong-hee, a literary critic and professor at
Kyung Hee Cyber University
37
38
In 2024, Han stated that they had been divorced for many years.
39
unreliable source?
40
Han has a son, and they ran a bookstore in Seoul together from 2018 until November 2024, when she stepped down from its management.
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42
Han has said that she suffers from periodic
migraines
and credits them with "keeping her humble".
31
Awards and recognition
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Han won the
Yi Sang Literary Award
(2005) for
Mongolian Mark
(the second part of
The Vegetarian
),
17
the 25th Korean Novel Award
clarification needed
for her novella
Baby Buddha
in 1999, the 2000 Today's Young Artist Award from the
Korean Ministry of Culture
, and the 2010 Dongri Literary Award for
The Wind is Blowing
43
In 2018, Han became the fifth writer chosen to contribute to the
Future Library project
Katie Paterson
, the project's organizer, said that Han had been chosen because she "expands our view of the world".
44
Han delivered the manuscript,
Dear Son, My Beloved
, in May 2019. In the handover ceremony, she dragged a white cloth through the forest and wrapped it around the manuscript. She explained this as a reference to Korean culture, in which a white cloth is used both for babies and for mourning gowns, describing the event as "like a wedding of my manuscript with this forest. Or a lullaby for a century-long sleep".
45
Han was elected a
Royal Society of Literature
International Writer in 2023, recognizing her significant contributions to global literature and the impact of her works beyond South Korea.
46
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The Vegetarian
placed 49th in
The New York Times
s "100 Best Books of the 21st century" in July 2024.
49
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Main article:
2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
Han Kang at the press conference in Stockholm during the Nobel week in December 2024.
In 2024, Han was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Literature
by the
Swedish Academy
for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life".
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51
52
This made her the first Korean writer and the first female Asian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
53
54
The awarding was widely celebrated in South Korea,
55
while
international reactions were mixed
56
57
Han herself said she was surprised but honoured by the recognition.
58
Han delivered her
Nobel lecture
, titled
Light and Thread,
on 7 December 2024 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
59
60
Awards
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1999 – Korean Novel Award for
Baby Buddha
43
2000 –
Korean Ministry of Culture
Today's Young Artist Award – Literature Section
43
2005 –
Yi Sang Literary Award
for
Mongolian Mark
17
2010 – Dongri Literary Award for
The Wind is Blowing
43
2014 – Manhae Literary Award for
Human Acts
43
2015 – Hwang Sun-won Literary Award for
While One Snowflake Melts
43
2016 –
Yonsei
Award for Excellence in Liberal Arts
61
2016 –
International Booker Prize
for
The Vegetarian
21
2017 –
Malaparte Prize
for
Human Acts
27
28
2018 –
Kim Yu-jeong Literary Award
ko
for
Farewell
43
2018 – San Clemente Literary Prize for
The Vegetarian
43
2019 –
Inchon Award
Media & Culture Section
62
2019 –
Future Library project
Writer of the Year
63
2022 –
Daesan Literary Award
for
We Do Not Part
64
2022 –
Kim Man-jung Literary Award
for
We Do Not Part
65
2023 –
Prix Médicis étranger
for
We Do Not Part
66
2024 –
Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature
for
We Do Not Part
67
2024 –
Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
68
2024 –
Nobel Prize in Literature
50
51
2024 – Pony Chung Innovation Award
69
2026 –
National Book Critics Circle Award
for fiction
70
Works
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Novels
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여수의 사랑
Love in Yeosu
] (in Korean). Moonji. 1995.
ISBN
9788932007502
검은 사슴
Black Deer
] (in Korean). Munhakdongne. 1998.
ISBN
9788982811333
내 여자의 열매
My Woman's Fruits
] (in Korean). Changbi. 2000.
ISBN
9788936436575
그대의 차가운 손
Your Cold Hands
] (in Korean). Moonji. 2002.
ISBN
9788932013046
채식주의자
The Vegetarian
] (in Korean). Changbi. 2007.
ISBN
9788936433598
바람이 분다, 가라
The Wind Blows, Go
] (in Korean). Moonji. 2010.
ISBN
9788932020006
희랍어 시간
Greek Lessons
] (in Korean). Munhakdongne. 2011.
ISBN
9788954616515
노랑무늬영원
Fire Salamander
] (in Korean). Moonji. 2012.
ISBN
9788932023533
소년이 온다
A Boy Comes = Human Acts
] (in Korean). Changbi. 2014.
ISBN
9788936434120
White = The White Book
] (in Korean). Nanda. 2016.
ISBN
9788954640718
작별하지 않는다
We Do Not Part
] (in Korean). Munhakdongne. 2021.
ISBN
9788954682152
In translation
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The Vegetarian
. Translated by
Deborah Smith
. London:
Portobello Books
. 2015.
ISBN
9781846275623
UK
71
Greek Lessons
. Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won. London/New York:
Hogarth
. 2023.
ISBN
9780593595275
UK
US
72
73
74
75
Human Acts
. Translated by Deborah Smith. London:
Portobello Books
. 2016.
ISBN
9781846275968
UK
76
77
78
The White Book
. Translated by Deborah Smith. London:
Portobello Books
. 2017.
ISBN
9781846276958
UK
We Do Not Part
. Translated by Emily Yae Won and Paige Aniyah Morris. London/New York:
Hogarth
. 2025.
ISBN
9780593595459
UK
US
Short story collections
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내 이름은 태양꽃 ("My name is Sunflower"), Munhakdongne, 2002,
ISBN
9788982814792
붉은 꽃 이야기 ("The red flower story"), Yolimwon, 2003,
ISBN
9788970633336
천둥 꼬마 선녀 번개 꼬마 선녀 ("Thunder little fairy, lightning little fairy"), Munhakdongne, 2007,
ISBN
9788954602792
눈물상자 ("Tear box"), Munhakdongne, 2008,
ISBN
9788954605816
Stories
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Title
Year
First published
Reprinted/ collected
Notes
"The Middle Voice"
2023
Han Kang (6 February 2023).
"The middle voice"
The New Yorker
98
(48). Translated from the Korean by
Deborah Smith
and Emily Yae Won:
50–
58.
The story is an excerpt from the novel
Greek Lessons
"Heavy Snow"
2024
Kang, Han (10 November 2024).
"Heavy snow"
The New Yorker
. Translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris.
The story is an excerpt from the novel
We Do Not Part
Poetry collections
edit
서랍에 저녁을 넣어 두었다 ("I put dinner in the drawer"), Moonji, 2013,
ISBN
9788932024639
Essays
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사랑과, 사랑을 둘러싼 것들 ("Love and things surrounding love"), Yolimwon, 2003,
ISBN
9788970633695
가만가만 부르는 노래 ("A song to sing calmly"), Bichae, 2007,
ISBN
9788992036276
Light and Thread
by Moonji Publishing Co., 2025
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Adaptations
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Baby Buddha
and
The Vegetarian
have been made into films. Lim Woo-Seong wrote and directed
Vegetarian
, which was released in 2009.
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It was one of only 14 selections (out of 1,022 submissions) included in the World Narrative Competition of the North American Film Fest, and was noticed at the
Busan International Film Festival
81
Lim also adapted
Baby Buddha
into a screenplay, in collaboration with Han, and directed the film version. Titled
Scars
, it was released in 2011.
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See also
edit
Korean literature
List of Korean novelists
List of Korean-language poets
List of Korean women writers
List of Nobel laureates in Literature
References
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Archived
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10 October
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. Retrieved
13 October
2024
"한강, 전쟁으로 사람 죽는데 노벨상 축하잔치 안 된다고 해"
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ISSN
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(in Korean)
. Retrieved
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2024
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(in Korean)
. Retrieved
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2024
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[한강] 가만가만, 꿈꾸듯 노래한 한강
Archived
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The Vegetarian
, by Han Kang"
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Archived
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"What We Talk About When We Talk About Translation"
Los Angeles Review of Books
By most other standards, Chaesikjuuija (The Vegetarian's Korean title) was a success, with 20,000 copies sold (and in its 14th reprint) by the time my English translation came out, a full seven years after the Korean original. In that time, translations were published in China, Argentina, Poland, and Vietnam – highly unusual for a Korean book.
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2018
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archived
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Archived
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21 November
2021
In 2016, "The Vegetarian" became the first Korean-language novel to win the Man Booker International Prize, which was awarded to both its author, Han Kang, and its translator, Deborah Smith.
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Archived
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17 May
2016
"The 10 Best Books of 2016"
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13 January
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Portobello Books
. Archived from
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The Telegraph
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ISSN
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2025
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2024
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2024
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15 October
2024
한강, 안타까운 근황… 남편 언급에 "오래 전 이혼했다"
The Chosun Ilbo
(in Korean). 15 October 2024. [Newsis revisited articles about Han Kang's family of "literary figures", including her father, ex-husband, and brother, and subsequently requesting corrections to related articles. The publishing company stated, "Han Kang has conveyed that she divorced literary critic Hong Yong-hee a long time ago, and reporting him as her current husband not only misrepresents the situation but could also cause him significant harm. She has requested that this error be corrected."]
노벨상 작가님이 직접 운영한다고?…'3평' 골목책방 앞은 인산인해
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[문화연예 플러스] 한강, 독립서점 책방 운영에서 손 떼
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29 November
2024
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2024
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2024
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2023
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11 October
2024
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2024
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2024
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소설가 한강, 노벨문학상 수상 쾌거… 아시아 여성 작가 최초
["Novelist Han Kang Makes History as the First Asian Woman to Win the Nobel Prize in Literature"].
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2024
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소설가 한강, 연문인상 수상
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The Hankyoreh
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25 April
2025
"Novelist Han Kang is Korea's first to win famed French award"
Korea.net
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10 October
2024
"Le Prix Émile Guimet de littérature asiatique"
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11 October
2024
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10 October
2024
Lee, Ho-jae (15 October 2024).
"Han Kang to attend the Pony Chung Innovation Award ceremony"
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23 October
2024
"Han Kang wins US National Book Critics Circle Award for 'We Do Not Part'
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27 March
2026
Filgate, Michele (17 April 2023).
"Why 'The Vegetarian' author Han Kang's newly translated novel is her gutsiest yet"
Los Angeles Times
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23 June
2023
Novey, Idra (18 April 2023).
"A Narrator Locked in Silence, Who Finds Solace in an Ancient Language"
The New York Times
ISSN
0362-4331
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23 June
2023
"Book review of "Greek Lessons" by Han Kang"
The Washington Post
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23 June
2023
Cheuk, Leland (20 April 2023).
'Greek Lessons' is an intimate, vulnerable portrayal of two lonely people"
NPR
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23 June
2023
Woods, Cat (4 May 2023).
"Han Kang's Greek Lessons"
The Brooklyn Rail
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23 June
2023
"Human Acts"
Portobello Books
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Smith, Deborah.
"On Translating
Human Acts
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"Human Acts by Han Kang, review: 'an emotional triumph'
The Telegraph
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0307-1235
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23 June
2023
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"Han Kang to release first book since Nobel win | Yonhap News Agency"
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7 July
2025
"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: Biobibliography"
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11 October
2024
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We Do Not Part
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1933
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1937
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1939
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1940
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1945
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1946
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1947
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1950
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1953
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1960
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1992
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
Olga Tokarczuk
2019
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2020
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2021–present
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Abdulrazak Gurnah
2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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