She graduated from Chon-nam Girls' High School.
In 1973, she made her official literary debut with her poem "Geu-rim sog-ui mul" (The Water in the Painting) when it won an entry in the Annual Contest for new writers held by Kyung-hyang Shin-mun (Kyung-Hyang Daily).
[2] Kim is currently a professor of Korean Literature at Sogang University.
[3] The early work of Kim Seunghui is marked by a penchant for formalism, or 'art for art sake' and the poet's utilization of fierce, unabashed language.
Her later poetry, however, evolved towards the exploration of quotidian reality and questions of perennial existence in freedom.