"Heartbeat of My Life" - Author Kim Ae-ran Shares Deep Resonance with Suwon Citizens

Novelist Kim Ae-ran, praised for standing at the center of contemporary Korean literature, will take the stage as the lecturer for the 185th "New Perspectives, Shining Moments-Suwon Sunlight Forum" held at 4 PM on the 17th at the City Hall Grand Hall.

Author Kim Ae-ran, who will discuss the seasons and music contained in novels under the theme of "The Scale of Novels, the Four Seasons of Life," is expected to convey at this forum the power of novels that capture delicate emotional changes in everyday life, self-reflection through storytelling and understanding of others' lives, and the solace that literature provides to endure the various seasons of life.

The author graduated from the Department of Playwriting at the Korean National University of Arts and made her debut in 2002 by winning the Daesan Literary Award for the short story "A House Without Knocking." She has since won numerous prestigious domestic literary awards including the Korea Daily Literary Award in 2005 for "Run, Father," the Yi Sang Literary Award in 2013 for "The Silence of the Future," and the Tongin Literary Award in 2017 for "Summer Outside," earning recognition as a writer at the center of contemporary Korean literature.

Her representative works include the novels "Heartbeat of My Life," "Summer Outside," "So Long," and "That's What I Wrote." "Heartbeat of My Life" was adapted into a film in 2014 starring Kang Dong-won and Song Hye-kyo, which received considerable public acclaim.

Suwon citizens who wish to participate in the Suwon Sunlight Forum are welcome to visit the Grand Hall of the Suwon City Hall Annex on the day of the forum without any separate application.

A Suwon City official stated, "This will be a precious opportunity to experience the literary world of author Kim Ae-ran, who has conveyed deep resonance to countless readers with her warm perspective and rich sensitivity."