Nobel laureate Han Kang’s first English non-fiction book launches in March

'As I arranged the essays, poems, diary entries, and photographs to be included in this book, I imagined all of its spaces - from the first page to the last - enveloped in light,' Han said in a statement. Photo: AFP

Nobel laureate Han Kang's first book of non-fiction to come out in English will be released next spring.

The Korean author's "Light and Thread” is scheduled to be published March 24 by Penguin Random House imprints in the US, Britain and other English-speaking regions.