Kang Jeong was born in 1971 in Busan and studied Creative Writing at Chugye University for the Arts. He made his debut in 1992, publishing 5 poems including “Port” in Hyundae Poetry World. He has published such collections of poetry as Execution Theater, I Was Only Trying to Tell You, Kiss, Bow, and the essay collections Root and Code, Nasty Taste, Comma, ssi.