Baek Se-hee, South Korean author who documented her mental health struggles, dies at 35

Baek Se-hee, the South Korean author who wrote about her mental health struggles in the bestselling 2018 memoir "I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki," has died at the age of 35

Baek Se-hee, the South Korean author who wrote about her mental health struggles in the bestselling 2018 memoir "I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki," has died at the age of 35.

The Korea Organ Donation Agency announced Baek's death on Thursday, stating that the author saved five lives through organ donation of her heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys at the National Health Insurance Service Islan Hospital in South Korea.

The cause of her death was not revealed.

Following Baek's passing, her publishing company, Bloomsbury, posted a statement from her editor on Friday.

"The generosity Baek Se-hee showed in sharing her own story with such vulnerability and candour cannot be understated," the statement said. "To read her books is to want to talk about them. She sought connection, always, and wanted her words to be of help and consolation."