Djuna

Djuna is the pseudonym of a South Korean writer who has published science fiction for more than two decades while refusing to disclose their legal name, age, or gender. Widely regarded as one of South Korea's most important speculative-fiction authors, Djuna has released ten story collections and five novels.

Counterweight (2021), translated by Anton Hur and published in English by Pantheon in 2023, was Djuna's first novel to appear in translation; it blends cyberpunk and detective fiction around a Korean conglomerate's space-elevator project. Because Djuna's identity is deliberately undisclosed, no author photo exists.