Author Han Kang's books sell out in South Korea after Nobel prize win

A visitor takes a commemorative photo after buying a book by South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang near the special section at a bookstore in Seoul. — AP/Lee Jin-man

Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers soared following her historic Nobel Prize win.

The first Asian woman to win the literary award, short story writer and novelist Han is best known overseas for The Vegetarian, her first novel to be translated into English, which won the Man Booker Prize in 2016.