나희덕 (RA Hee-duk)

RA Hee-duk (b. 1966) was born in Nonsan, Chungnam Province and made her literary debut in 1989. She studied Korean Literature at Yonsei University and now teaches creative writing at Chosun University. Her poetry collections include To the Root (1991), The Words Stained the Leaves (1994), It Is Not That Far from Hear (1997), What It Means Grow Dark (2001), The Vanished Palm (2004), and Wild Apple (2009). As a recipient of numerous literary awards, she has explored the force of life and growth, new time for rebirth in this world, inviting so many readers to the mystery of life, unfathomable, strange, intimate, and near.