Why read poetry? Why stand still and tune into poetry’s cadences in a madly spinning world? Because poetry, as the wise Irish ...

Saito Mariko, received the Yomiuri Prize for Literature, announced the Literature Translation Institute of Korea on Thursday.

Japanese translator Saito Mariko has won the Research and Translation category at the 76th Yomiuri Literary Awards for her ...

There are hidden family stories, and tales of love and loss both real and imagined in this month's best books, as recommended by ABC Arts critics and readers.

Among the six works on the shortlist in 2016 was a short novel in three parts, by a 46-year-old poet and creative writing teacher from Korea named Han Kang. The Vegetarian tells the story of a young ...

It's about a romance between Max, a poet and lawyer who spends her days ... Literature — and one of its youngest recipients — Han Kang's latest novel explores the legacy of state-sanctioned ...

Mr Kwak Do-gyu, 20, a left-handed pitcher for Kia Tigers in the Korean Baseball Organisation, was seen practising pilsa on ...

For Park Min-ha, 28, reading has always been a hobby. But in the wake of Han Kang’s historic Nobel Prize in literature win ...

SEOUL--South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel ... made her publishing debut as a poet in 1993.