The purpose of this study is to explore necessity of death-preparing education. Korea is backward in culture of death. Therefore, it is important to see culture of death and history of death-preparing education in other countries. In many developed countries, they are carried out death-preparing education. But not to educated death-preparing education in korea public education. Korea recorded a high suicide rate, it has been reported that Korea's suicide rate is the highest among member nations the highest among member nations of the OECD. So, to reduce the suicide rate and promote the mental health of the koreans, it is urgently needed. Korea government has to be carried out death-preparing education now. A death-preparing education is considered complex and difficult. So I suggest a literature therapy by useful method of death-preparing education. Literature therapy is very similar with death-preparing education in objective aspect, using materaal, the precess. So literature therapy will be a useful alternative in death-preparing education.