Overview
- Han Kang appears at Teatro Dal Verme on Nov. 5 for a staged reading by Daria Deflorian and an interview by Marco Del Corona, with live streams scheduled by ANSA and Corriere.
- The engagement is her first public talk since receiving the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- She had declined post-prize press events, citing a belief that celebrations were inappropriate during ongoing wars.
- Adelphi released the Italian edition, Il libro bianco, on Nov. 4 in a translation by Lia Iovenitti.
- Han Kang says the book grew from a residency in Warsaw and centers on memory, the body, and violence while honoring an older sister who died hours after birth.