Cho Haejin

Cho Haejin began her writing career through the literary magazine Munye Joongang in 2004, after receiving an MA in Korean Literature from Ewha Womans University. Since then, she has won several important literary awards in South Korea, including the Shin Dong-yup Prize for Literature, Yi Sang Literary Award, Daesan Literary Award, and Hyeongpyeong Literary Prize. Her novels are celebrated for bearing testimony to the existence and lives of those on the margins of Korean society. Her other novels include My Name Is Loh Kiwan, a film adaptation of which was released on Netflix in 2024.