A nun of the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Busan and a poet. Born in 1945 in Yanggu, Gangwon-do, Lee entered the convent in 1964. She made her first vows in 1968 and perpetual vows in 1976. She graduated from Saint Louis University in the Philippines with a degree in English Literature and received her PhD in Religious Studies at Sogang University. She is the winner of the 5th Cheon Sang-byeong Poetry Prize and the 26th Korean Catholic Literature Award.
