
Gong Ji-young is a South Korean novelist.

Kim Seungok is a South Korean novelist and screenwriter.

Kim Won-il is a South Korean writer.

Kim Young-ha is a modern South Korean writer.

Oh Jung-Hee (Korean: 오정희) is a South Korean writer.

Park Wan-suh was a South Korean writer.

Kyung-sook Shin is a South Korean writer. She is the first South Korean and first woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 for Please Look After Mom.

The Vegetarian is a South Korean three-part novel written by Han Kang and first published in 2007. Based on Han's 1997 short story "The Fruit of My Woman", The Vegetarian is set in modern-day Seoul and tells the story of Yeong-hye, a part-time graphic artist and home-maker, whose decision to stop eating meat after a bloody, nightmarish dream about human cruelty leads to devastating consequences in her personal and familial life.

Yang Gui-ja is a South Korean writer.

Yi Chong-jun was a prominent South Korean novelist. Throughout his four decade-long career, Lee wrote more than 100 short stories and 13 novels. He died from lung cancer at the age of 68 on July 31, 2008.

Yun Hu-myong is a South Korean writer who has published poetry, novels, and essays.