Young-Sun Heo, the Director of the Jeju 4.3 Research Institute and also a poet, was born in Jeju Island. She completed her Phd courses in Korean Studies from Jeju National University. She acted as the Deputy Director of the editorial department in Jaemin Ilbo, the Chairman of the Federation of the Jeju Folk Artists, and a board member of the Jeju 4.3 Peace Foundation. Currently, she serves as a lecturer at Jeju National University and a board member of the 5.18 Memorial Foundation and the Jeju Olle. She published <For You Who Ask About the Jeju 4.3>, <Jeju 4.3>, <The Jeju Odyssey of the World Citizens attracted to Tamna,> and many others.