Chronology of major events in Han Kang’s life

South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. The following is a chronology of major events in her life. In this file photo, author Han Kang answers reporters' questions during a press conference on the publication of her new novel, "The White Book," in May 2016. (Yonhap) In this file photo, author Han Kang answers reporters' questions during a press conference on the publication of her new novel, "The White Book," in May 2016. (Yonhap) -- Nov. 27, 1970: Born to novelist Han Seung-won in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province -- 1988: Graduates from Poongmoon Girls' High School -- 1989: Enrolls in the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University -- 1993: Graduates from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University Debuts with five poems, including "Winter in Seoul," featured in the quarterly "Literature and Society" -- 1994: Debuts as a novelist after her short story "Red Anchor" wins a literary contest hosted by the Seoul Shinmun daily -- 1995: Publishes collection of novellas "Love in Yeosu" -- 1998: Publishes full-length novel "Black Deer" -- 1999: Publishes novella "Baby Buddha" Wins the 25th Korean Novel Award -- 2000: Publishes collection of novellas "My Woman's Fruits" Wins Today's Young Artist Award from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism -- 2002: Publishes novella "My Name is Sun Flower" and full-length novel "Your Cold Hands" -- 2003: Publishes essay collection "Love and Things Surrounding Love" and novella "The Red Flower Story" -- 2005: Wins the Yi Sang Literary Award Grand Prize -- 2007: Publishes essay collection "A Song to Sing Calmly," short story "Thunder Little Fairy, Lightning Little Fairy" and novel "The Vegetarian" Appointed professor of creative writing at Seoul Institute of the Arts -- 2008: Publishes short story "Tear Box" -- 2010: Publishes novel "The Wind Blows, Go" -- 2011: Publishes novel "Greek Lessons" -- 2012: Publishes collection of novellas "Yellow Pattern Eternity" -- 2013: Publishes p oetry collection "I Put Dinner in the Drawer" -- 2014: Publishes novel "Human Acts" -- 2015: Wins Hwang Sun-won Literary Award -- 2016: Publishes novel "The White Book" Wins the Man Booker International Prize for "The Vegetarian" -- 2017: Wins the Malaparte Prize of Italy -- 2018: Wins the Kim Yu-jeong Literary Award Wins the San Clemente Literary Prize of Spain Retires as professor of creative writing at Seoul Institute of the Arts -- 2019: Publishes novel "We Do Not Part" -- 2023: Wins the Prix Medicis Etranger of France -- 2024: Wins the Ho-Am Prize in the Arts Wins the Nobel Prize in literature Source: Yonhap News Agency