Love in Yeosu (1995) • Black Deer (1998) • Baby Buddha (1999) • Fruits of My Woman (2000) • My Name Is Sun Flower (2002) • Your Cold Hands (2002) • Love and Things Surrounding Love (2003) • The Red Flower Story (2003) • The Vegetarian (2007) • Tear Box (2008) • The Wind Blows, Go (2010) • Greek Lessons (2011) • Yellow Pattern Eternity (2012) • I Put the Evening in the Drawer (2013) • Human Acts (2014) • The White Book (2016) • dear son my beloved (2019) • Convalescence (2013/20) • Europa (2014/19) • We Do Not Part (2021) •
Han Kang is a South Korean novelist and poet whose work is celebrated for its lyrical precision, psychological depth, and exploration of violence, memory, and the human condition. Born in Gwangju in 1970 and raised partly in Suyuri, Seoul, she debuted as a poet in 1993 before publishing her first novel in 1994.
She gained international recognition with The Vegetarian (2007; English translation 2015), which won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize, making her the first Korean author to receive the award. Her subsequent works, including Human Acts (2014) and The White Book (2016), solidified her reputation for blending historical trauma with intimate narratives.
Han’s writing often moves between brutality and beauty, confronting themes of political violence, grief, and transformation. Translated into over 20 languages, her work has made her one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Korean literature. In 2019 she handed her manuscript Dear Son, My Beloved to the Future Library, which was preceded by The White Book in 2016 and followed by We Do Not Part in 2021.