[1] Hyun Ki-Young was born on Jeju Island in 1941 and graduated from Seoul National University.

He has served as the Managing Director of the National Literary Writers Association (2000–2001) and as the President of the Korean Arts & Culture Foundation (2003).

Hyun began his writing career in 1975 with "Father" (Abeoji), published in The Dong-A Ilbo, and strove to depict the psychological trauma experienced by Jeju islanders.

[1] Hyun is best known in the English-speaking world for his story "Aunt Suni", which was released in English in 2010 and panned for its poor translations.

[4] The story has since been re-translated as "Sun-I Samch'on" in a bilingual (English and Korean) volume.