Park Jung-dae was born in 1965 in Jeongseon, Gangwon Province. He studied Korean literature at Korea University and made his literary debut in 1990 when he won the Munhaksasang Literary Award with six poems including “Aesthetics of Candlelight.” He published the poetry collection Fragments in 1997 and has been working as an editor-in-chief of Mokryeon Tongshin and is a member of the Sugar-free Cigarette Club.