She’s been hotly tipped for the prize for years – but Can Xue’s riddling and opaque collection, Mother River, shows all her ...

In this fascinating work of nonfiction, we learn that Nobel laureate and “The Waste Land” author T.S. Eliot, who claimed that his poetry was “impersonal,” had a long-term secret love ...

The writer spent his life cultivating beauty—on the page and in the mirror—only to end it with a samurai-style suicide. Both ...

English at Queen's has an extraordinary literary heritage, as represented by globally esteemed writers, such as Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, who gives his name to the Seamus Heaney Centre, and T.S.

English at Queen's has an extraordinary literary heritage, as represented by globally esteemed writers, e.g. Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, who gives his name to the Seamus Heaney Centre, and T.S.

South Korean author Han Kang recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature in October 2024, often considered the most prestigious award in the world. She became the first Asian woman and Korean writer ...

In 'We Do Not Part,' Han Kang explores a friendship that certainly spans distance, and perhaps planes of existence.

Geoffrey Hinton delivers a speech during the Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm, Sweden on Dec. 10, 2024. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images A portion of Hinton’s $500,000 will fund the ...

OSLO—The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony gave both Norwegian and Japanese citizens an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of making “orizuru” folded-paper cranes, a symbol of prayers for peace ...

Nobel literature committee member Anna-Karin Palm said Han writes about “trauma, pain and loss,” whether individual or collective, “with the same compassion and care.” ...

Han, the first Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, has long been interested in the existence of the victims of violence, as explored in the context of the Gwangju democratic ...