Baek Se-hee: South Korean writer of I Want to Die However I Want to Eat Tteokbokki dies at 35

“The human heart, even when it wants to die, quite often wants at the same time to eat some tteokbokki, too,” goes the guide’s most well-known line. Tteokbokki, that are tubular chewy rice truffles often eaten with a spicy sauce or stew, is a well-liked snack in Korean delicacies.

Born in 1990, Baek Se-hee took artistic writing in college and labored for 5 years at a publishing home, in line with her quick biography on Bloomsbury Publishing, which produced the English model of her 2018 memoir.

Anton Hur, who had translated Baek’s guide into English, wrote on Instagram that her organs have saved 5 individuals however “her readers will know she touched yet millions of lives more with her writing”.

“My thoughts are with her family,” he wrote.

For a decade she obtained remedy for dysthymia, a light however long-lasting sort of melancholy, which fashioned the premise of her bestseller, stated her Bloomsbury bio.

A sequel, I Want to Die however I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki, was printed in Korean in 2019. Its English translation was printed in 2024.

Tributes have poured in on social media. “Rest softly,” reads a touch upon Baek’s Instagram web page. “Thank you for saving us with your honesty.”

Another Instagram person stated every time they learn Baek’s memoir they discovered “deep comfort in every sentence and grew alongside it”.

“To create a single book that can lift people up… is no easy task, and I have indescribable respect for you for achieving that,” they wrote.

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