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Han Kang
Han Kang's Avignon feature only lands because Han Kang already changed the scale of how Korean writing travels globally. The South Korean author broke through with The Vegetarian, won the International Booker Prize in 2016, took the Prix Medicis etranger for Impossibles adieux in 2023, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024. In 2026, Festival d'Avignon places her at the center of its Korean guest-language program through Oiseau, staged by Julie Deliquet and performed by Isabelle Huppert and Lee Hye-young.
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Who is Han Kang?
Han Kang is a South Korean writer whose work combines formal precision with deep emotional and historical force. She reached major international visibility with The Vegetarian, later won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024, and now sits at the center of one of Korea’s most prestigious global arts moments.
Why is Han Kang important to Avignon 2026?
Han Kang matters at Avignon because Oiseau adapts the opening chapter of We Do Not Part for one of the festival’s most symbolic stages. That gives her writing a live performance frame inside a major European arts institution rather than limiting it to literary prestige alone.
What is Oiseau in relation to Han Kang?
Oiseau is a bilingual lecture performance built from the opening chapter of Han Kang’s novel We Do Not Part. Festival materials list Julie Deliquet as director and Isabelle Huppert with Lee Hye-young as performers, turning Han’s text into a flagship event for the Korean guest-language year.
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