The Korean author’s hit self-help memoir, which follows her conversations with her psychiatrist, sold more than a million copies worldwideBaek Se-hee, the author of the hit self-help memoir I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, has died at the age of 35.According to the Korean organ donation agency, Baek saved five lives through the donation of her heart, lungs, liver and both kidneys. Continue reading...
Sunday 19 October 2025
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Baek Se-hee, author of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, dies aged 35
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