Kim Heesun

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Kim Heesun(김희선)

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Title: Kim Heesun
Family Name: Kim
First Name: Heesun
Preferred Name: -
Pen Name: Kim Heesun
ISNI: 0000000480086448
Birth: 1972
Death: -
Occupation: Novelist
Period: Modern
Representative Works: -

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English(English)
Korean(한국어)

Kim Heesun (1972~) is a South Korean novelist. She made her literary debut in 2011 when she won the Writer’s World New Writer’s Award for her short story “Gyoyugui tansaeng” (교육의 탄생 The Birth of Education). Kim’s works depict violence and oppression prevalent in everyday life, as well as the other side of human desire and greed that seem boundless. She won the 2019 Munhakdongne Young Writers' Award for her short story “Gongui giwon” (공의 기원 The Origin of the Ball). · Novel Muhanui chaek (무한의 책 The Book of Infinity) (2017)· Novel Mueonga wiheomhan geosi onda (무언가 위험한 것이 온다 Something Dangerous Comes Along) (2021)· Short story collection Ramyeonui hwangje (라면의 황제 The Emperor of Ramen) (2014)· Short story collection Goldeun eiji (골든 에이지 Golden Age) (2019)

김희선(1972~)은 한국의 소설가다. 2011년 단편<교육의 탄생>으로 <작가세계>신인상을 수상하며 작품활동을 시작했다. 작가는 일상에서 흔히 마주치는 폭력과 억압, 끝을 모르는 인간의 욕망과 탐욕의 이면 등을 반전의 서사로 그리고 있다. 2019년 단편<공의 기원>으로 젊은 작가상을 수상했다.