Han, whose works include The Vegetarian, was praised for her ‘intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to 53-year-old South...
Read MoreThe Swedish Academy has chosen the American poet Louise Glück, citing her ‘unmistakable poetic voice’The poet Louise Glück has become the first American woman to win the Nobel prize for literature in 27...
Read MoreEmmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna will share the prize for genome editing methodTwo women have been awarded the 2020 Nobel prize in chemistry for the discovery of the CRISPR genetic scissors used to edit the DNA of...
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