Wednesday, October 16, 2024

2024- Nobel Prize for Literature- Han Kang

Nobel Prize winner for literature 2024 is Han Kang, the first South Korean writer to win Nobel prize. Her novel The Vegetarian won booker prize in 2016.

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2024 - Pinter Prize Winner- Arundhathi Roy

 Arundhati Roy, Indian- British writer and activist was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize for her "unflinching" writing. Roy donated her share of the prize money to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund. She shared the prize with Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the Egyptian- British writer. Her novel "The God of Small Things" won booker prize in 1997.