Since the surprise announcement of Han Kang’s 2024 Nobel Prize in literature last week, one aspect of the publishing world has once again been thrust into the spotlight: the art of translation and the vital systems that support it.

Han Kang's Nobel Prize was a surprise to many in South Korea. Here's what you need to know about 'her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life'

Han Kang, the South Korean winner of the 2024 Nobel prize in literature, made her breakthrough in the English-speaking world with her first translated novel (her third in Korean), The Vegetarian. Published in English in 2015,

Deborah Smith, the British translator widely credited for introducing Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang's works to the global stage, recently shared the novelist's reasoning for declining a post-award press conference on social media.

Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature has not only highlighted her works but also shone a spotlight on the importance of translation.