Baek Se-hee (35), author of "I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki," has left after giving five people new lives through organ donation. Baek wrote a book about being diagnosed with depression and the process of counseling with her attending doctor.
The Korea Organ Donation Agency said on the 17th that Baek died after donating her heart, lungs, liver, and both kidneys at National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital the previous day. Earlier, Baek did not regain consciousness from brain death.
Baek was born in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, the second of three daughters. She loved reading from a young age. She graduated from a creative writing department in college and worked at a publishing house for five years. To overcome personal pain, she published a book about receiving treatment at a counseling center and a psychiatric clinic. Baek had a warm personality, approaching people in need first to talk and offer help.
Baek's younger sibling left this letter through the donation agency. "Older sister, who shared hearts with people through writing. Knowing your kind heart that loved much and could not hate anyone, now rest comfortably in the sky. I love you so much."