The Korean author’s hit self-help memoir, which follows her conversations with her psychiatrist, sold more than a million copies worldwide
Baek Se-hee, the author of the hit self-help memoir I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, has died at the age of 35.
According to the Korean organ donation agency, Baek saved five lives through the donation of her heart, lungs, liver and both kidneys.
“But her readers will know she touched yet millions of lives more with her writing”, said Anton Hur, who translated her works into English.
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, published in 2018 in Korea and 2022 in the UK by Bloomsbury, follows Baek’s conversations with her psychiatrist about her dysthymia, which is persistent depression, and includes mini essays.
