Kim Myoung Ki made his debut as a poet when his poems were published in Sipyeong, a quarterly poetry magazine, in 2005. His publications include Che Guevara Met at the Bukpyeong Fair, Last-Stop Eatery, and Like a Person Without a Place to Return. He is the recipient of the 2022 Gosan Literature Grand Prize and the 2022 Manhae Literature Prize.