South Korean Nobel winner Han Kang hopes daily life 'won't change much'

The Manila Times

South Korean Nobel winner Han Kang hopes daily life 'won't change much'  Author Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, says she hopes her daily life will not change too much after receiving the historic honor. The short story writer and novelist is best known overseas for her Man Booker Prize-winning "The Vegetarian", her first novel translated into English.  Pony Chung Foundation / AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #hankang  #nobelprize

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00:00I believe and hope that my daily life will not be so different from before.

00:08When I was informed of the award at the Nobel Peace Prize,

00:13I didn't feel real, so I just tried to have a calm conversation.

00:21After I hung up the phone, I checked the press release, and then I felt real.

00:29The past week that so many people celebrated like their own work

00:34will be remembered as a special impression for me.

00:41I am a person who is connected to the world through the writing I write,

00:46so I want to keep writing as I have done so far and meet readers in the book.

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