Pohang City Library Hosts Various Events Celebrating Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature Award

Special Exhibitions and Reading Sessions Planned Until the End of November

To commemorate writer Han Kang's receipt of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, Pohang City will operate various programs such as exhibitions, reading sessions, and in-depth exploration of works at eight Pohang municipal libraries.

Artwork by Hangang displayed at the Central Library.

Han Kang has been recognized as an innovator of contemporary prose with a poetic and experimental style based on a unique perception of the connection between the living and the dead, confronting historical trauma and invisible rules in her works. She is the first Korean to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

From the 23rd, major works will first be exhibited at Poeun Central Library and Poeun Ocheon Library, and later at six other Pohang municipal libraries. Poeun Central Library will showcase 15 of Han Kang’s works along with representative works of past Nobel laureates in literature on the 4th floor in the language and literature resource room, highlighting Han Kang’s stature and reflecting on the significance of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Poeun Ocheon Library will exhibit 12 representative works of Han Kang on the 2nd floor resource room, allowing Pohang citizens easy access to her works. The exhibition will be available for reading inside the library until the end of November, after which the books will be available for external borrowing.

Additionally, as part of Pohang’s annual program for the Korea Reading Festival, “A Wonderful Day in October,” a reading session of Han Kang’s representative works, “The Boy is Coming” and “We Do Not Say Goodbye,” will be held. It will take place on the 26th at 4 p.m. in the lobby on the 1st floor of Poeun Central Library, and participation is open without prior registration.

The program “Dyed in Han Kang,” which explores Han Kang’s major works, will be held every Saturday at 10 a.m. from November 9 to December 14 for six weeks, led by writer Kim Salome.

Participants will read and discuss Han Kang’s key works such as “White,” “Greek Lessons,” and “The Vegetarian,” engaging in a time of exploring her literature through diverse opinions.

Applications open on the 31st at 10 a.m. via the Pohang Municipal Library website. For more details, please check the announcements or contact the librarian team.

A Pohang city official said, “We hope this will be a great opportunity for citizens to take an interest in Han Kang’s literary world and to explore the works of Nobel laureates in literature more broadly.”

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