The Vegetarian
by Han Kang
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize in Literature | 2024 | Winner |
| International Booker Prize | 2016 | Winner |
About This Book
Yeong-hye, an ordinary Seoul housewife, decides after a violent dream to stop eating meat—and then to stop eating at all, wanting to become a plant. Told through the perspectives of her husband, brother-in-law, and sister, the novel explores the cost of female refusal in a conformist society. Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016.
About the Author
Han Kang is a South Korean writer born on November 27, 1970, in Gwangju, South Korea, into a literary family—her father is the novelist Han Seung-won. Her family moved to Seoul when she was nine, just before the Gwangju Uprising, an event that profoundly influenced her writing. She graduated from Yonsei University in 1993 with a degree in Korean language and literature and began her literary career in the early 1990s. Read more →
