Geum Hee | |
|---|---|
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Teacher's College of Yanji City |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 금희 |
| Hanja | 錦姬 |
| Revised Romanization | Geum Hui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kŭm Hŭi |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 김금희 |
| Hanja | 金錦姬 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Geumhui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Kŭmhŭi |
Kim Geum Hee (Korean: 김금희; born 1979),[1] also known by her pen name Geum Hee (금희) and the Chinese reading of her name Jin Jinji (Chinese: 金錦姬), is a Chinese writer who writes in Korean. She is an ethnic Korean in China.[2]
Her writing covers issues of identity for ethnic Koreans living in China and the diaspora experience. She made her literary debut in 2007 with the short story "Gaebul" (개불; lit. "Spoon Worm"). In 2014, she became recognized in South Korea through her short story "Ok-hwa" (옥화), which is about North Korean defectors.
She received the Baek Shin-ae Literature Prize and the Shin Dong-yup Prize for Literature with her short story collection Sesange Eomnun Naui Jip (세상에 없는 나의 집; lit. My Home Nowhere in The World).