Baek Se-hee, the author of the bestselling memoir I Want to Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki, has died at the age of 35.
According to the Korea Organ Donation Agency, Baek saved five lives through organ donation. The agency said on Thursday that she donated her heart, lungs, liver and kidneys.
Further details surrounding her death have not been disclosed.
Baek’s younger sister said in a press release, “(Baek) wanted to write, to share her heart with others through her work, and to inspire hope. Knowing her gentle nature, incapable of harboring hatred, I hope she can now rest peacefully.”
Baek rose to prominence with her 2018 runaway bestseller I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki.
Part essay and part self-help guide, the book was a candid reflection on her struggles with depression – dysthymia, or persistent depressive disorder – and her therapy sessions with her psychiatrist.The book resonated widely for its plain-spoken honesty and its effort to dismantle the stigma surrounding mental illness in Korea.
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