Kim Yujin (writer)


Kim Yujin is a South Korean writer.

Life

Kim Yujin was born in Seoul in 1981. She graduated in creative writing from Myongji University. She began her literary career when her short story The Mark of the Wolf won the Munhakdongne New Writer Award. She was awarded the 2nd Munhakdongne Young Writer’s Award in 2011, and the 2nd Sonagi Village – Hwang Soonone Literature Prize in 2013. She has published a short story collection The Mark of the Wolf, and a novel Sumeun bam.

Themes

Kim Yujin’s early works contain themes of apocalyptic imagination. Kim Yujin’s apocalypse leads to exploration on the feminine world. For instance, in “Eojae”, she portrayed the story of women who attempts to escape the life in an anchored laundry boat and go into an unknown future. In “The Mark of the Wolf” and “The Witch”, she tells a story of girls who leave civilization in favor of primitive times, and a story of beings that travels beyond the world of death.

Works

  • Badasseugi
  • Yeoreum
  • Sumeun bam
  • The Mark of the Wolf

Awards

  • Sonagi Village – Hwang Soonone Literature Prize, 2013.
  • Munhakdongne Young Writer’s Award, 2011.