Jeong Ha-Seop (1966-) is a South Korean children’s writer. Born in Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province, Jeong studied Korean language and literature at Sungkyunkwan University. Jeong’s published works include Haechiwa goemul sahyeongje (해치와 괴물 사형제 Haechi and the Four Monster Brothers) and Swereul meongneun bulgasari (쇠를 먹는 불가사리 The Metal-Eating Bulgasari). •Children’s story Swereul meongneun bulgasari (쇠를 먹는 불가사리 The Metal-Eating Bulgasari) (1999) •Children’s story Haechiwa goemul sahyeongje (해치와 괴물 사형제 Haechi and the Four Monster Brothers) (1999) •Children’s story Namuneun algo itji (나무는 알고 있지 The Trees Know) (2007)

Chang Man-Yong (1914-1975) was a Korean poet.

Kang Okkoo is a South Korean poet. She works as the US correspondent for the monthly magazine Literature & Thought. Her poetry explores the Buddhist worldview and the vitality found in the order of nature. •Poetry collection Sarangeun nae ipsullo dangsinui noraereul bureuneun geot (사랑은 내 입술로 당신의 노래를 부르는 것 Love Is Singing Your Song with My Lips) (1999)

Kong Jihui is a South Korean children’s writer who debuted in 2001 through Daehan Maeil in 2001 with the short story “Darakbang chingu” (다락방 친구 My Attic Friend). In 2003, Kong won the Gold Goblin Award for Yeongmoga sarajeotda (영모가 사라졌다 Yeongmo has Vanished), and in 2014, Kong was awarded the fourth Jamo Books YA Literature Prize (자음과모음 청소년문학상) for the YA novel Toktoktok (톡톡톡 Tap Tap Tap). •YA novel Toktoktok (톡톡톡 Tap Tap Tap) (2015) •Children’s anthology Uri yonghodongeseo manna (우리 용호동에서 만나 Let’s Meet at Yongho-dong) (2021)

Lee Jiseon (1978-) is a South Korean essayist who was heavily wounded in a traffic accident in 2000, but made a miraculous recovery. Lee went on to receive a PhD in social work in the United States, and returned to Korea to work in social welfare. Lee treats life as a gift, and has published the books Jiseona saranghae (지선아 사랑해 I Love You, Jiseon), and Oneuldo haengbokamnida (오늘도 행복합니다 I’m Happy Today Too). •Essay collection Jiseona saranghae (지선아 사랑해 I Love You, Jiseon) (2003) •Essay collection Oneuldo haengbokamnida (오늘도 행복합니다 I’m Happy Today Too) (2006)

Lee Beomseon (1920-1982) was a South Korean novelist. Alongside Son Chang-sop, Chang Yong-hak, and Hwi Sunwoo, he was one of the representative writers of postwar literature in 1950s Korea. His main works include the short stories “Hangmaeul saramdeul” (학마을 사람들 The People of Hak Village) (1955) and “Obaltan” (오발탄 “A Stray Bullet”) (1959).

Geum Hui is an ethnic Korean writer living in China. In 2006, she made her literary debut by winning the Yun Dong-ju New Writer`s Prize awarded by Yanbian Literature. She became known to Korean readers with the publication of “Okhwa” (옥화 Ok-hwa), a short story about North Korean defectors in The Quarterly Changi. Her short story collection Sesange eomneun naui jip (세상에 없는 나의 집 My Home Nowhere in the World) was published in Korea in 2015.•Short story collection Sesange eomneun naui jip (세상에 없는 나의 집 My Home Nowhere in the World) (2015)•Novel Cheonjin sijeol (천진 시절 Tianjin Days) (2020)

Kim Kwangkyun (1924~1993) was a South Korean poet. He made his literary debut in 1938 with the publication of his poem “Seorya” (설야(雪夜) Snowy Night) in The Chosun Ilbo. As one of Korea’s leading modernist poets, Kim published the literary coterie journals Meridian and Village of Poets, together with So Chong-ju and Yi Yuksa. He is considered to have played a pioneering role in developing Korea’s imagism poetry. •Wasadeung (와사등(瓦斯燈) Gas Light) (1939) •Gihangji (기항지(寄港地) A Port of Call) (1947)