Kim Insuk
김인숙
Kim Insuk was born in Seoul in 1963. Some of her works, 'The Road Travelled Together', 'The Light Nearby', and 1979–1980 Between the Winter and the Spring, are based on her experience of the democratisation movement in Korea during the 80s. After 1990, Korean society again underwent abrupt changes in the midst of the shifts in the world order brought on by the end of the Cold War. Kim devoted herself to scrutinizing the problems of compromise, fatigue, depression and lethargy that began to appear in Korean society as it internalised the new capitalist order. 'Blade and Love' and 'Story of a Woman' are some of her works from this period. In 1993 Kim resided in Sydney, Australia for one and a half years; at the beginning of the 2000s she stayed for three and a half years in Dalian, China. Kim’s works The Long Road, Sydney, Standing at the Blue Ocean, and 'Ocean and Butterfly' are based on those experiences. She has created stories that take place beyond the borders of Korea. Kim’s works include That Woman’s Autobiography, Bye, Elena, To Be Insane and Sohyeon. From the beginning of her writing career, Kim has persistently produced works that deal with the problems of the present time and that offer introspection into the human existence, without losing sight of the currents of changes in reality.
Titles Published in English The Long Road, 2010 Selected Bibliography To Be Insane, 2011 Sohyeon, 2010 Bye, Elena, 2009 That Woman’s Autobiography, 2005 Awards Dong-in Literary Award, 2010 Daesan Literary Award, 2006 Yi Sang Literary Award, 2003 Hyundae Literary Award, 2000 Contact Literature Translation Institute of Korea
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