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Hey, this is Annie.

And Samantha.

And welcome to Steph I'll Never Told You, a production of IHeart Radio.

And we have entered my month.

Yeah, I called it my month.

So first, I celebrate me.

Because it's AAPI month.

Just kidding.

But for real, it is Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

And as a Korean woman, I wanted to jump in celebrating the works and accomplishments of a fellow Korean Han Kang, the Nobel Peace Prize winner for Literature of 2024.

Kang is a South Korean author who has published quite a lot of books and poetry and short stories.

And in October of 2024, she made history as the first Korean author to become a Nobel laureate. And with that, the 18th woman to be awarded in this specific category.

And yeah, just for kind of a perspective,

that's 18 people out of 121 people since 1901.

So it's great, but why?

Anyway, moving on.

And but on top of that,

most of the winners, award winners, or most of the laureates for the last 20

years have been white authors as well. So from an NPR article written about her accomplishments,

they write, for the past few decades, the Nobel literature category has been dominated by white authors. Between 2000 and

2023, only seven people of color have won. That's a significant change from the Nobel Literature

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