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Biobibliography
Bio-bibliography
English 한강 Han Kang was born in 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju before, at the age of nine, moving with her family to Seoul. She comes from a literary background, her father being a reputed novelist. Alongside her writing, she has also devoted herself to art and music, which is reflected throughout her entire literary production.…
morePressmeddelande: Nobelpriset i litteratur 2024
Press release
Swedish Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande10 oktober 2024 Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2024 Han Kang Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2024 tilldelas den sydkoreanska författaren Han Kang, ”för hennes intensiva poetiska prosa, som konfronterar historiens trauman och blottlägger människans sårbarhet”.
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Press release
English The Permanent Secretary Press release10 October 2024 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 Han Kang The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang, “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”.
moreDavid Baker – Interview
Interview
First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 “I will try to get some sleep, but I don’t know if it’s possible” News of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry gave David Baker’s household a very early wake up call. Here, just after the prize announcement, he talks about the exciting potential of building brand new proteins,…
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Interview
First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 “It’s absolutely extraordinary” John Jumper had just heard the news of his 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. “I thought I had a 10% chance,” he reveals. To save his nerves, his plan had been to sleep in until after the announcement, which didn’t quite work out. In the interview,…
morePrize announcement
Prize announcement
Announcement of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Professor Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 9 October 2024. Interview about the awarded work “This prize has opened up a completely new world of protein structures” After the announcement, Professor Johan Åqvist, Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry,…
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