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Han Kang Makes First Public Appearance Since Nobel at Milan Launch of The White Book

The event introduces Adelphi’s Italian edition of her Warsaw-shaped elegy to a sister she never met.

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.