Biography de Han Kang, writer
Author of poems, short stories, and novels, including six published in France, Han Kang became in 2024, at the age of fifty-three, the first South Korean and the first woman born in Asia to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for her work. Translated worldwide, several of her books have been adapted for the cinema. In 2016, she received the Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian (Le Serpent à plumes), and in 2023, the Prix Médicis étranger for Impossible Farewells (Grasset). She also received the Émile-Guimet Prize for Asian Literature in 2024.
한강 작가의 전기
2024년 한국인 최초이자 아시아 여성 최초로 노벨 문학상을 수상한 한강 (1970~)은 시와 단편 소설, 장편 소설을 아우르는 작품 활동을 이어왔으며, 프랑스에서 여섯 권의 저서를 출간하였다. 그녀의 작품들은 세계 여러 언어로 번역되었으며, 다수의 작품이 영화와 연극으로 각색된 바 있다. 2016년에『채식주의자』(Le Serpent à Plumes; Le Livre de Poche)로 맨부커 인터내셔널상을 받은 이후『작별하지 않는다』(Grasset)로 메디시스 외국문학상(2023)과 에밀-기메 아시아 문학상(2024)을 수상하였다.
Words flee from her hand. Words that have lost her lips.
단어들이 손에 잡히지 않는다. 입술을 잃은 단어들
A poem-chair
“I adopted the chair, this familiar object, a few decades ago, at a time when I wanted to create art on a human scale in public spaces, while everywhere else people opted for the monumental: it is an object shaped like the body and serves the body. It is difficult to feel exclusive ownership of an object so universally shareable. It is mine when I occupy it, but if I leave it, someone else can claim it as their chair.” Michel Goulet, artist-sculptor
The project Prendre position
Prendre position is a sculpture-installation project of 47 chair-poems to mark the 100th anniversary of the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. They were installed in a flowered meadow created especially for the occasion by the campus estate service.
This artistic installation was conceived by the Quebecois artist-sculptor Michel Goulet, in collaboration with François Massut, founding director of the collective Poésie is not dead.
Each house on the campus is represented by a chair, thanks to a donation from the Maison des étudiants canadiens and the support of the Labrenne group. Each of the 47 chairs is a unique work.
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History and architecture of the house
The Maison de la Corée is the first national house built since 1969. It is part of the “Cité 2025” development plan. Through this project, France and Korea demonstrate a shared commitment to strengthening their academic, scientific, and cultural cooperation.
