Choi Jin-young (writer)

Choi Jin Young (Hangul 최진영; born 1981) is a South Korean writer. She writes primarily about the contradictions of Korean society and its restless youths who have no sense of purpose in their lives. Choi exposes social problems using simple and clear language. She describes her work and writing process as follows:

“I deal with heavy themes and my narrative voice is fairly intense as well. So I pay careful attention to crafting sentences that are as easy to understand as possible. I’d like readers to breeze through my books, then take some time to think about their themes. I don’t want them to spend too long struggling with complicated sentences. I’d rather they spend that time contemplating the stories themselves. When I write, I try to write a novel that my mother can read. That helps me write concisely and cleanly. I focus on writing something that wouldn’t be too difficult to read for even an elderly audience.”