WASHINGTON — Nobel literature laureate Han Kang’s nonfiction e book, titled ‘Gentle and Thread,’ is about to be launched in English in March, a publishing firm stated Friday.
The English model of the e book — her first publication since profitable the Nobel Prize final yr — is scheduled to hit the stands on March 24, in accordance with Penguin Random Home. It’s translated by Maya West, E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris.
Launched in April, its Korean-language model accommodates a complete of 12 writings, together with 5 poems and several other new prose items.
Three of the writings stem from the Nobel Prize in Literature award occasions final December: the total textual content of the laureate lecture “Gentle and Thread,” delivered on the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm; Kang’s acceptance speech “Even within the Darkest Night time” given on the subsequent banquet; and the message “A Small Teacup,” left upon donating a teacup to the Nobel Prize Museum.
Han is the 121st recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature and solely the 18th lady to obtain the dignity for the reason that prize’s inception in 1901. She is the primary Asian laureate within the class since Chinese language creator Mo Yan in 2012.
