김선우 (KIM Sun-Woo)

Kim Sun-Woo (b. 1970) was born in Kangnung and studied Korean Language Education at Kangnung University. She made her literary debut in 1996 and has been very active in various fields of writing from poetry to essays and fiction. Her works, featuring vital and sexual expression of ecofeminism and yearning for candid, harmonious relations with others, include If My Tongue Refuses to Stay Locked Inside My Mouth (2000), Asleep Under the Peach Blossoms (2003) and Who Fell Asleep Inside My Body (2007), as well as a collection of essays, When the Moon Under the Water Opened (2002), and the novels I Am Dance (2008) and Candle Flower (2010).