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Kim Keum Hee made her literary debut as a winner of the Hanguk Ilbo New Writers Contest in 2009. She has since gained acclaim as an up-and-coming name in Korean literature, having published nine books to date, including Too Bright Outside for Love (2016), Kyungae’s Heart (2018), and We’re from Pepperoni (2021). Her books cast a warm light on the dramatic inner world of everyday human emotion and thought, which she brings to life through evocative storytelling and creative characters. She won the Shin Dong-yup Literary Award for You Cannot Be Sentimental Every Day, her first collection of short stories, followed by numerous other awards including the Munhak Dongne Young Writer Award, the Hyundae Munhak Award, the Woohyun Art Award, and the Kim Seung-ok Literary Award Grand Prize. In 2019, she was selected by readers as the most promising Korean writer of the future in a survey by online book retailer Yes24. In 2020, she was chosen as a recipient of the Today's Young Artist Award by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea for her contributions to the advancement of art and culture.

Are we happy with where our society is headed? Korean society in 2022 is becoming an increasingly anxious society, marked by hatred, isolation, conflict, and animosity. In this session, we pause to reflect on our attitudes toward other people and the kind of society we hope to create together. The author of <Kyungae’s Heart> and <Dear Bokja>, who has made careful examination through her novels of the affective changes shaping individuals in our society, explores the topic of books, our oldest form of media, and the question of how we can reawaken our sense of community.

You Cannot Be Sentimental Every Day (2014, Changbi)
Too Bright Outside for Love (2016, Munhakdongne)
Kyungae’s Heart (2018, Changbi)
I Will Think About That for a Very Long Time (2018, Maumsanchaek)
Maegi, My Love (2018, Hyundae Munhak)
Only One Person’s Possession (2019, Munhakdongne)
Every Word But Love (2020, Munhakdongne)
Dear Bokja (2020, Munhakdongne)
We’re from Pepperoni (2021, Changbi)