Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang takes the stage at Berlin concert hall
BERLIN — Korean Novelist Han Kang met German readers for the first time since receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in Germany on Monday (local time), taking the stage at the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonie, one of the world's most renowned classical music venues. The occasion was “Satzwechsel,” a reading performance jointly presented by the International Literature Festival…
Berlin — Korean novelist Han Kang made his first appearance alongside German readers since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature at a concert hall in the German capital on Monday (local time), taking the stage at the prestigious Berlin Philharmonie. The event, titled "Satzwechsel," was a reading and performance jointly organized by the International Literature Festival Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonie.
In German, the title can be translated as "changing sentences" or "changing movements." The Berlin Philharmonie had introduced a new chamber music program to combine music and literature, selecting Han Kang as the inaugural author for this season. Dressed in white, Han appeared on stage as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra opened the performance with Claude Debussy's renowned composition, "Danse sacrée et danse profane," a cornerstone of French Impressionism.
Smiling, Han remarked, "I have written many heavy works, but as I was writing a book that I was working on at the time, I felt..."
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