"Violence is the main theme of its texts"
Alexander Gavrilov - O Han Gan, the first Nobel Prize in Literature from South Korea South Korean writer Khan Gan, May 16, 2016. Photo: Kukminilbo / EPA-EFE In 2024, the Nobel Prize in Literature was first awarded to the Korean writer. Khan Gan (born 1970), known to the Russian reader from the novels “Vegetarian” and “Human actions”, became a laureate. Until the last, the bookmakers put other candidates to the victory - the Chinese woman Tsan Xue and the Australian Gerald Mernain.