A disappearance that raises questions. According to the BBC, the South Korean author Baek Se-hee, to whom we owe the autobiographical best-seller I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokkiHe died at the age of 35.
For now, the reasons for the writer’s death are still unclear. According to a press release from the Korea Organ Donation Agency, Baek Se-hee, who became brain dead on Friday, October 17, donated his organs: heart, lungs, liver and kidneys.
In the same statement, the author’s sister also said that Baek Se-hee wanted to “share her heart with others through her work and inspire hope.”
It sold more than a million copies worldwide.
Born in 1990, Baek Se-hee became known thanks to her book. I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki. Published in 2018, this work, which compiles the author’s conversations with her psychiatrist about her depression, was a phenomenal success.
Sold over a million copies worldwide and translated in 25 countries, this book has been praised for helping to normalize conversations about mental health. A sequel, titled I want to die but I still want to eat tteokbokkiIt was published in Korean in 2019. Its English translation was published in 2024.
Since the announcement of his death, several Internet users have paid tribute to him on social networks. “Thank you for saving us with your honesty,” one fan wrote on Instagram. “Creating a unique book capable of raising people’s morale… is not an easy task, and I have indescribable respect for you who have achieved it,” adds another.
Source: BFM TV
