Baek Se-hee Of 'I Want To Die But Want To Eat Tteokbokki', Died At 35, Donated Organs To Save Lives

Baek Se-hee was a young South Korean author who rose to fame with her memoir, I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki. At a young age of 35, Baek Se-hee left the world, but the details about her death remain unclear. However, the Korea Organ Donation Agency revealed that she had saved five lives with organ donation. 

Baek Se-hee's death saved five people 

Baek Se-hee had a bright and beautiful future ahead of her, but God had other plans when he called her back to heaven at the tender age of 35. Though the cause of death is not revealed, Baek Se-hee has been receiving a lot of prayers and tributes as she had reportedly donated her heart, lungs, liver and kidneys to save other people. And five lives have been saved after Baek Se-hee's death. 

As per a report in The Korea Herald, Baek See-hee's younger sister revealed that the author wanted to write and share her heart with others through her work. She wanted to inspire hope in people. She hoped that she could rest in peace. Baek Se-hee's younger sister said:

"Baek wanted to write, to share her heart with others through her work, and to inspire hope. Knowing her gentle nature, incapable of harboring hatred, I hope she can now rest peacefully.”

More about Baek Se-hee's popular book, I Want To Die But Want To Eat Tteokbokki

Baek Se-hee's 2018 book gained worldwide recognition. It dealt with the complex issue of depression with utmost sensitivity and care. The book was written in Korean but has been translated into more than 25 countries, including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Poland. Over one million copies of the book have been sold worldwide. It is a compilation of conversations with her psychiatrist about her depression. The purpose of the book was to break the stigma around mental illness in Korea, which is not often discussed or normalised. 

Depression and anxiety are two of the strongest emotions that society doesn't know how to deal with. It is the reason people suffering from it doubt themselves and go into a shell. Baek Se-hee's book assured readers that she was just like them. Baek Se-hee wrote in the book, "The human heart, even when it wants to die, quite often wants at the same time to eat some tteokbokki, too."

Once in an interview, Baek Se-hee revealed those were the conversations she had with her psychiatrist in 2017, and added her opinions on the same. She wanted to let people know that they are not alone. She stated that depression is just another illness and said:

"I just wrote down the consultations I had with the psychiatric specialist in a dialogue style. I also added some of my opinions on the consultations in between them. I wanted those that are feeling and living as I do to read the book and find relief that they are not alone. For those that are different from how I am, I wanted them to just think that 'oh, there are these kind of people in the world.' Well, you know, depression is just another 'illness' like other physical diseases. It’s just their mind that is ill. I hoped those alike me to not be embarrassed, hate, or ignore the dark and emotionally hard parts inside them. It may sound banal, but life is tough for everyone, and it is ultimately you that has to look after yourself in the end."

More about Baek Se-hee

Baek Se-hee was born in 1990, and she has studied creative writing at university. She has worked at a publishing house for five years. It is worth mentioning that he has received psychiatric treatment for dysthymia for ten years. She was diagnosed with persistent mild depression. It was the main subject of her two famous books, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, and I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki. Her favourite food was tteokbokki.

We pray for the strength of her family in these testing times!

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