Claudia Lee Hae-in


Claudia Lee Hae-in

BornLee Myeong-suk
(baptismal name: Velladetta)
(1945-06-07) 7 June 1945
Yanggu County, Gangwon, South Korea
LanguageKorean
Alma mater
GenrePoetry, essays
Notable awards
  • Donga Women's Prize (1985)
  • Busan Women's Literature Award (1985)
  • Cheong Sang-beong Literary Award (2006)
  • Gumin Award (2016)
Korean name
Hangul
이해인
Hanja
李海仁
RRI Haein
MRI Haein
Birth name
Hangul
이명숙
RRI Myeongsuk
MRI Myŏngsuk
Website
Olivetan Benedictine Sisters

Claudia Lee Hae-in (Korean: 이해인, born 7 June 1945) is a South Korean Catholic nun, poet, and essayist. She has sold almost two million copies of her books of poetry and been regarded as "Korea's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature."