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Kim Ae-ran

金愛爛　/　きむ・えらん

Writer from South Korea

January 1, 1980 (age 46)　・　Incheon, South Korea

writer
novelist
prose writer

My Take

What draws me to Kim Ae-ran is how she turns quiet, everyday suffering into something luminous rather than bleak. Born in Incheon in 1980 and crowned with the Yi Sang Literary Award in 2013, she belongs to that generation of Korean writers who trust restraint over spectacle. I admire that her stories, like the collection Summer Outside, find dignity in ordinary lives without ever lecturing. She is not a flashy figure, but the care in her sentence-level choices is exactly what makes me want to keep reading. For me, she is a writer to follow patiently, certain her best work is still ahead.

Overview

Ae-ran Kim (Korean: 김애란; born 1980) is a South Korean writer.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kim Ae-ran
Name (Japanese): 金愛爛
Reading: きむ・えらん
Born: January 1, 1980 (age 46)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Monkey
Origin: Incheon, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / novelist / prose writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Korea National University of Arts

Awards & achievements

2013 Yi Sang Literary Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	My Brilliant Life	—
Notable work	Summer Outside	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E6%84%9B%E7%88%9B

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