김숨
Born 1974 · South Korea
Yi Sang 2015 · Winner
Ppuri iyagi
Title translated by AI:“A Story of Roots”
Kim Soom · 40 when first published
Short story · 352 pages · Historical, Nature
AI-generated summary:Likening people to trees pulled up and replanted, the story traces the fear and unease of those uprooted by colonial rule, war and industrial development.
Daesan 2013 · Winner
Yeoindeulgwa jinhwahaneun jeokdeul
Title translated by AI:“Women and Their Evolving Enemies”
Kim Soom · 39 when first published
Novel · Family
AI-generated summary:A family comes strangely apart: a mother-in-law who goes still as a fossil whenever she meets an enemy, a daughter-in-law in low-paid, disposable service jobs, and a son and husband who cares about nothing but himself.
Yi Sang 2012 · Excellence prize
Guksu
Title translated by AI:“Noodles”
Kim Soom · 37 when first published
Short story · Family
AI-generated summary:A woman who cannot have children makes noodles, from the first kneading of the dough, for her stepmother, no blood relation, who was herself sent away for being childless before she married into the family.
Yi Sang 2011 · Excellence prize
아무도 돌아오지 않는 밤 · Amudo doraoji anneun bam
Kim Soom · 36 when first published
Short story · 135 pages
AI-generated summary:A woman who shares her home with her elderly father-in-law, and can hardly bear even to eat with him, sits up one night waiting for him, for her husband and for a neighbour from flat 202, and nobody comes home.