Han Kang's first official move since winning the Nobel Prize is 'debate of press conference'

2024.10.17. PM 4:08
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Writer Han Kang, who has refrained from external contact and focused on writing even after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, will make her first public appearance in a while.

I'm attending a domestic foundation award ceremony that selected a writer as the winner last month, and I'm interested in a writer's remarks.

YTN reporters are on the scene. Reporter Song Jaein!

[Reporter]
Yes, we are at the Pony Jung Innovation Awards ceremony.

[Anchor]
How's the atmosphere on the spot?

[Reporter]
Yes, as the event is an hour away, preparations are busy.

Today's event will be held behind closed doors, but reporters including YTN are also gathered to capture the atmosphere of the site.

Earlier, the Ponyjeong Foundation decided to award Han Kang for innovation of the year, saying that it has elevated the status of Korean literature with a sense of subject and expressiveness that deeply views the inside of humans.

It was on the 19th of last month.

Less than a month later, the news of an author's Nobel Prize in Literature was reported,
It became the first official external move since the award, as a writer who was absent from the
ceremony said he would attend the Ponyjung Awards.

The most notable thing today is a writer's remarks.

Even after winning the Nobel Prize, one writer has focused on writing, let alone press conferences or media interviews hosted by publishers.

In the only interview with Swedish public media, he explained the background that he liked a quiet life and needed time to think about the meaning of the prime minister.

On top of that, he also revealed that he told his father not to hold a big feast as the suffering of war continues in many parts of the world.

Attention is focusing on what kind of remarks a writer will make while standing in public for the first time.

However, as the organizers said that there is no separate speech or question-and-answer procedure related to the Nobel Prize at today's award ceremony,
A writer's detailed position on the
Nobel Prize is likely to be announced directly at the 노벨 Prize Awards ceremony in December, not today's ceremony.

I will tell you how I feel about today's award ceremony as soon as I confirm it.

I'm Song Jaein of YTN at the Ponyjung Innovation Awards.




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