Newly crowned Nobel laureate Han Kang said the past week will be remembered as “a special one” on Thursday.
Making her first public appearance since receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct. 10, author Han attended the Pony Chung Foundation’s awards ceremony to accept the Pony Chung Innovation Award, which she was scheduled to do before her Nobel win announcement was made.
“When I received the news from the Nobel Committee, truthfully, it didn’t feel real, so I simply tried to have a calm conversation. But when I hung up the phone and checked the news, that is when reality kicked in,” she said during her acceptance speech at Pony Chung Hall in Gangnam District, southern Seoul. “It was such a joyous and grateful occasion and [I] quietly celebrated it.”
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