Fans gather at Han Kang's residence and bookstore — in pictures

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Fans gather at Han Kang's residence and bookstore — in pictures

Published: 13 Oct. 2024, 18:40 Updated: 13 Oct. 2024, 19:25

YIM SEUNG-HYE
yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr

Fans of Korean novelist Han Kang continue to send flowers over the weekend to the writer's home in Jongno District, central Seoul, to congratulate her on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. [NEWS1]

People crowd around Korean novelist Han Kang's independent bookstore in Jongno District's Tongui-dong, central Seoul, on Sunday to congratulate her on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. The bookstore is temporarily closed. [NEWS1]

Fans have been visiting Han Kang's residence and her independent bookstore in Seochon in Jongno District, central Seoul, over the weekend, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Nobel Prize laureate. However, the front gate of her hanok (traditional Korean home) remains shut, and her bookstore, Onul Books, is also temporarily closed. The bookstore, which opened in 2018 and has been in its current location since 2023, announced Friday on its Instagram account that it will be temporarily closed, forecasting large numbers of fans congregating in the area.

Though they could not see the author, fans have been leaving flowers and letters behind at her home and her bookstore since Friday.

Han won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday. Han, best known for "The Vegetarian" (2007), is the first Korean to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.

A banner is put up on Han Kang's neighborhood, Tongui-dong in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Sunday to congratulate the Korean novelist on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. [YONHAP]

Flowers line the exterior of Han Kang's independent bookstore in Jongno District, central Seoul, as fans continue to send them in to congratulate the novelist on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. [YONHAP]

A letter from a fan of Han Kang is posted on the window of Han Kang's independent bookstore Onul Books, located in Tongui-dong in central Seoul, on Sunday, to congratulate the Korean novelist on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. [YONHAP]

Flowers line Han Kang's residence in Jongno District in central Seoul as fans continue to send them in to congratulate the novelist on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. [YONHAP]

BY YIM SEUNG-HYE [yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr]