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 debut in Germany since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature on Monday, performing at the prestigious Berlin Philharmonie concert hall. The event, titled "Satzwechsel," a reading and performance collaboration between the International Literature Festival Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonie, aimed to unite music and literature.
The program was designed by the Berlin Philharmonie to merge these two art forms. Three authors were chosen to perform during the season, with Kang selected as the inaugural featured author. Known for her dark attire, Kang appeared in a white dress for the occasion. As the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra began the performance with Claude Debussy's "Danse sacrée et danse profane," a key piece of French Impressionism, Kang smiled and remarked, "I have written many heavy works, but as I was writing a book that I wa."
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