Han Kang
Awards and recognition
Awards and recognition
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Han won the [Yi Sang Literary Award](/wiki/Yi_Sang_Literary_Award "Yi Sang Literary Award") (2005\) for *Mongolian Mark* (the second part of *The Vegetarian*), the 25th Korean Novel Award for her novella *Baby Buddha* in 1999, the 2000 Today's Young Artist Award from the [Korean Ministry of Culture](/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture%2C_Sports_and_Tourism "Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism"), and the 2010 Dongri Literary Award for *The Wind is Blowing*.

In 2018, Han became the fifth writer chosen to contribute to the [Future Library project](/wiki/Future_Library_project "Future Library project"). [Katie Paterson](/wiki/Katie_Paterson "Katie Paterson"), the project's organizer, said that Han had been chosen because she "expands our view of the world". 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".

Han was elected a [Royal Society of Literature](/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Literature "Royal Society of Literature") International Writer in 2023\.

*The Vegetarian* placed 49th in *[The New York Times](/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")*s "100 Best Books of the 21st century" in July 2024\.

In 2024, Han was awarded the [Nobel Prize in Literature](/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature "Nobel Prize in Literature") by the [Swedish Academy](/wiki/Swedish_Academy "Swedish Academy") for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life". This made her the first South Korean writer and the first female Asian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

### Awards

* 1999 – Korean Novel Award for *Baby Buddha*
* 2000 – [Korean Ministry of Culture](/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture%2C_Sports_and_Tourism "Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism") Today's Young Artist Award – Literature Section
* 2005 – [Yi Sang Literary Award](/wiki/Yi_Sang_Literary_Award "Yi Sang Literary Award") for *Mongolian Mark*
* 2010 – Dongri Literary Award for *The Wind is Blowing*
* 2014 – Manhae Literary Award for *[Human Acts](/wiki/Human_Acts "Human Acts")*
* 2015 – Hwang Sun\-won Literary Award for *While One Snowflake Melts*
* 2016 – [International Booker Prize](/wiki/International_Booker_Prize "International Booker Prize") for *The Vegetarian*
* 2017 – [Malaparte Prize](/wiki/Malaparte_Prize "Malaparte Prize") for *Human Acts*
* 2018 –  for *Farewell*
* 2019 – San Clemente Literary Prize for *The Vegetarian*
* 2023 – [Prix Médicis étranger](/wiki/Prix_M%C3%A9dicis%23Laureates_Prix_M%C3%A9dicis_%C3%A9tranger "Prix Médicis#Laureates Prix Médicis étranger") for *We Do Not Part*
* 2024:
	+ [Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature](/wiki/%C3%89mile_Guimet_Prize_for_Asian_Literature "Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature") for *We Do Not Part*
	+ [Ho\-Am Prize in the Arts](/wiki/Ho-Am_Prize_in_the_Arts "Ho-Am Prize in the Arts")
	+ [Nobel Prize in Literature](/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature "Nobel Prize in Literature")

How does Han's membership in the Royal Society of Literature influence her writing or recognition?