Authors
Kim Mella Novelist South Korea
Born in Seoul in 1983, Kim Mella is more at ease with written language than spoken words. After studying creative writing at university, she debuted as a writer in 2014 by winning the Jaeum & Moeum New Writer’s Award. For the next few years, she juggled writing and temporary jobs, until she published her first short story collection At Least Twice in 2020. Kim is the author of the short story collection Untitled, and the Korean-English bilingual novel The Rooftop Garden. Her stories have been published in the anthologies Overt Cat and Please Give Me Your Elbow. In 2021, she won the Munhakdongne Young Writers' Award and the Moonji Literature Award with the short story “Withering Leaves.” In addition, the short story “Jeonyeoknol” earned her the 2022 Munhakdongne Young Writers’ Award.
Participation Program
[Writers in Conversation] Time Out From Writing
ⓒ 이영균
ⓒ 우지안
ⓒ Jeosm_from.은행나무
ⓒ Bungeishunju
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