Djuna


Djuna is a South Korean science fiction writer and film critic.

Life

The identity of Djuna is unknown, and Djuna prefers the personal pronoun "they." They publish all their works under the name Djuna, and interviews are done by e-mail correspondence or online chats. For some of their early works, they used the name Lee Youngsoo, but it is generally taken as a pseudonym, because Lee Youngsoo is one of the most common names in Korea.
They explain the name Djuna as follows: "We just took the name for our ID for HiTel, as we were reading the book of Djuna Barnes. The capitalization was due to the Caps Lock key, and we felt it would be a bit strange not to capitalize a name."

Work

Since the 1990s, Djuna has been one of the most prolific and important writers in the South Korean science fiction field. They have published seven short story collections, four novels, and two essays.

Short story collections