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More than a million copies of books by Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, have sold locally since the honour was announced, bookstores said Wednesday.

SEOUL — More than a million copies of books by Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, have sold locally since the accolade was announced, bookstores said on Wednesday.

“I do not believe that the translator has deliberately undermined the original, nor do I believe that she has created a new work that is completely different from the original,” Han said.

Han won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, organized by the Swedish Academy. She was the first Korean and first Asian woman to win the prize.

Han’s win has created a sensation in South Korea, with the websites of major bookstores and publishing houses crashing after it was announced, as tens of thousands rushed to order her books.

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