Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024, Han Kang's novel 'The Vegetarian' won which other prestigious award?

Question

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024, Han Kang's novel 'The Vegetarian' won which other prestigious award?

1. A. Pulitzer Prize
2. B. Pen America Literary Awards
3. C. International Booker Prize (Correct answer)
4. D. More than one of the above

Correct Answer

Option C — International Booker Prize

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is International Booker Prize.

Key Points

• Han Kang, the South Korean writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024, had earlier won the International Booker Prize in 2016 for her novel 'The Vegetarian', translated into English by Deborah Smith.
• Han Kang is the first South Korean and the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• The Swedish Academy cited her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." Her other major works include 'Human Acts' and 'The White Book'.
• The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for a book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland, with the prize money split equally between author and translator — a distinctive feature recognising translation as a creative act.

Exam Tip

• India's wins here are equally high-yield — Geetanjali Shree's 'Tomb of Sand' (2022) and Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' (2025), the latter also appearing in this very paper.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

2024 में साहित्य का नोबेल पुरस्कार प्राप्त करने वाली हान कांग के उपन्यास 'द वेजिटेरियन' को कौन–सा अन्य प्रतिष्ठित पुरस्कार प्राप्त हुआ था?

1. A. पुलित्जर पुरस्कार
2. B. पेन अमेरिका लिटरेरी अवार्ड्स
3. C. इंटरनेशनल बुकर पुरस्कार
4. D. उपरोक्त में से एक से अधिक