Education
Bae graduated from Ewha Womans University with a degree in Chemistry.
Bae graduated from Ewha Womans University with a degree in Chemistry.
Originally a government employee at Gimpo Airport in Incheon, Bae wrote stories as a hobby. At the time of her debut in 1993, Bae was a government employee working behind the embarkation/disembarkation desk at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul. Without formal instruction or guidance from a literary mentor, Bae wrote stories "as a hobby" while working at the airport.
But it wasn’t long before she left her stultifying job to become one of the most daringly unconventional writers to grace the Korean literary establishment in modern years.
She made her debut as a writer with A Dark Room in 1988. Since 2001, Bae has lived in Germany.