Kim Keun was born in Gochang, Jeollabuk-do in 1973 and graduated from Chung-Ang University in creative writing(BA, MA). He debuted in 1998 when five poems including “February” won the Munhakdongne New Writers’ Award. He has received a lot of love from both readers and critics for his rich and delicate poetic vocabulary, for his mythical imagination and the powerful rhythm of his language. He is the author of the poetry collections Snake Boy, Meeting at Cloud Theatre, While You Wash Yourself in Darkness, and Beginning the End. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing at Chung-Ang University.