Han River Nobel Prize Lecture... "Language is the thread that connects us."

Han Kang Speaks to Celebrate Nobel Prize in LiteratureA retrospective of the world of works
"Why is the world so violent and beautiful at the same time"
Han River. "All the questions were about love".

[Anchor]
Novelist Han Kang, winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature, gave a commemorative lecture in Sweden to introduce the world of his work in more depth.

Han said that when writing, he uses his body and all his senses and tries to imbue them into sentences like electric currents, and that language is the thread that connects us.

I'm connecting you to the YTN correspondent who is on the scene.

Correspondent Jo Suhyun!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's Stockholm, Sweden.

[Anchor]
Please tell us the details of the lecture by Han Kang.

[Reporter]
Yes, this lecture commemorating the Nobel Prize in Literature was held for 30 minutes in Korean at the Swedish Hanlimwon.

Author Han Kang has recalled his time asking questions and insights about life while writing novels such as "The Vegetarian," "The Greek Time," "The Boy Is Coming," and "I Don't Say Goodbye."

In particular, "Why is the world so violent and painful? At the same time, how is it so beautiful?' he explained that these two questions have long been key to him.

At the same time, from the first novel to the latest novel, he recalled, "Maybe the deepest layer of all questions was always directed toward love."

One writer said, "I use my body to write, "I use all my senses to see, hear, smell, taste, feel soft, warm, cold, and pain, my heart beats, feel thirst and hunger, walk, run, and hold hands in the wind and snow rain."

He then tried to breathe the vivid senses he felt into the sentences like an electric current, and he said he was surprised and moved when he felt that the electric current was transmitted to the readers.

One author said that language is a thread that connects us, and that he is deeply grateful to everyone who will be connected.

He also said that he will continue to write at a slow pace in the future and will leave behind the books he has written so far and go the farthest as long as life allows.

[Anchor]
Lights were also installed throughout the city to celebrate Nobel Week locally?

[Reporter]
That's right. A lighting ceremony to celebrate Nobel Week is held today to light up Stockholm's night.

In particular, the 'media facade' on the outer wall of the city hall, that is, a video shot with a laser, is attracting attention.

The video features 65 female Nobel Prize winners, including author Han Kang.

Author Han Kang will receive a Nobel Prize medal and certificate at the Nobel Prize ceremony, which will be held at 4 p.m. local time on the 10th and 0 p.m. Korean time on the 11th.

There is no separate speech here, but it is expected to thank you at the subsequent banquet.

Then, on the 12th, he will attend a reading event and hold talks with Swedish translators.

So far, I'm Jo Suhyun of YTN in Stockholm.

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