Miri Yu

Japanese writer of Korean origin and South Korean citizenship · South Korea · On the map · Writers · Born 1968 · age 58

Miri Yu is a Zainichi Korean playwright, novelist, and essayist. Yu writes in Japanese, her native language, but is a citizen of South Korea.

Miri Yu is read about 176 times a day, in 14 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 28 October 2026

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2020“As a novelist, my job is to play a role as an endoscope to look inside of a person, while also showing him or her with an external camera.”In their words23 December 2020As quoted in ABC NewsRead the whole statement

“The word "interview" is written as taking material. If you come in contact with it like you want to take such material, it will be transmitted.”In their words17 December 2020As quoted in "For those who have no place to live" A story spun by Miri Yu" in Teller ReportRead the whole statement

“I’m often asked, why would you move where there was a nuclear accident on purpose?”In their words24 July 2020As quoted in AAWW MagazineRead the whole statement

“I used to think life was like a book: you turn the first page, and there’s the next, as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one.”In their words24 July 2020As quoted in Electric LiteratureRead the whole statement

“I think that the role of a writer is to listen to the voices of the voiceless.”In their words24 July 2020As quoted in Electric LiteratureRead the whole statement

“My grandfather was born and raised in a small town called Miryang in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.”In their words24 July 2020As quoted in Electric LiteratureRead the whole statement