Writers from Taiwan

Taiwan
1967
WANG Ching-lin
Taiwan
1968, 1969, 1971
CHENG Wen-tao
Taiwan
1968
Robert YANG
Taiwan
1969, 1970, 1971
LO Yen (商禽)
Taiwan
1968, 1969, 1971
CHENG Wen-tao
Taiwan
1970
LIN Hwai-min
Taiwan
1969, 1970, 1971
LO Yen (商禽)
Taiwan
1971
YAO Kung-wei
Taiwan
1969, 1970, 1971
LO Yen (商禽)
Taiwan
1968, 1969, 1971
CHENG Wen-tao
Taiwan
1972
WANG Tsen-ho Timothy (王祯和)
Taiwan
1973
YU Tien-t'sung (俞天骢)
Taiwan
1974
HU Mei-tze (胡梅子)
Taiwan
1978
TUNG NIEN
Taiwan
1978
CHIN Sung (秦松)
Taiwan
1979
KAO Chun
Taiwan
1980
WU Cheng (吴晟)
Taiwan
1981, 1987
CHIANG Hsun (蒋勋)
Taiwan
1981
LIAO Wei-chun (宋泽莱)
Taiwan
1982
KUAN Kuan (KUN Yun Lung 管管)
Taiwan
1983
CHEN Ying-chen (陈映真)
Taiwan
1983
LIU Wu-hsiung (SHENG chi-teng)
Taiwan
1984
BO Yang (柏杨)
Taiwan
1984
KAO Hsin-chiang (高信疆)
Taiwan
1985
HSIANG Yang (向阳, LIN chi-yang)
Taiwan
1985
YANG Ching-chu (杨青矗)
Taiwan
1986
WANG Tuoh (王拓)
Taiwan
1987
LI Ang (李昂, TUAN Shih Shu)
Taiwan
1981, 1987
CHIANG Hsun (蒋勋)
Taiwan
1987
HWANG Fan (黄梵, Hsia-chung)
Taiwan
1988
HSIAO Sa (萧飒, HSIAO ching-yu)
Taiwan
1988
CHI Chi (季季, LEE juey-yeh)
Taiwan
1992
Katherine J. C. WANG (蓉子)
Taiwan
1992
WANG Lomen (罗门)
Taiwan
1997

CHANG Ta-chun 张大春(born in Taipei, 1957) is a lecturer in the Chinese Language & Literature Department of Fu Jen Catholic University, where he teaches a course on the modern novel, using mostly American novels; he writes about literature for two major newspapers and was previously editor of the prestigious China Times weekly and editor-in- chief of the China Times Express Literature Supplement. From 1993 to 1996 he was a television producer and host of a book review program. Although he is only 40, Taiwan critics describe Prof. Chang as the "master of the novel," and point to his characteristic play on language. Several of his works have appeared in English, French, and German editions, notably his fiction collection, Hi-Hsi, the Patriot (1993). His works span multiple genres: he has published works of science fiction, humor, children's literature, historical fiction, political satire, and horror. His literary criticism includes such titles as "Dr. Jekyll Hides" (1991) and "The Anti-Oedipus of Literature" (1995). Prof. Chang is an appointee of the US Information Agency.

LO Yi-Chin
Taiwan
2007 Resident

LO Yi-Chin 骆以军 holds degrees from the Chinese Culture University and the National Institute of the Arts in Taiwan. He has published ten books of fiction and poetry, most recently 'We' (2004). Among his awards are a First Prize in Fiction from the China Times Literary Awards and a Taipei Literary Annual Award. His work is regularly named on the top ten lists compiled by various newspapers in Taiwan.

Feng-Huang YING
Taiwan
2010 Resident

YING Feng-Huang 应凤凰 teaches at the National Taipei University of Education. She has published critical theory extensively in Chinese and, in English, The Literary Development of Zhong Lihe and Postcolonial Discourse in Taiwan and Reassessing Taiwan’s Literary Field of the 1950s. She is also the author of Bookworm as Me (Taipei,2010), a collection of short stories. Her participation is privately funded. Photo: Chen Wen-Fa.

SU Wei-chen
Taiwan
2011 Resident

SU Wei-chen 苏伟贞 (fiction writer, nonfiction writer, Taiwan) has served as editor-in-chief of the Weekly Reader News, and is now a professor of Chinese literature at National Cheng Kung University. Su is the author of more than a dozen volumes of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels紅顏已老 [The faded years of Youth] (1981), 舊愛 [Old Love] (1985), 離家出走 [Flying from Home] (1987), 離開同方 [To Leave the Village Tong-Fang] (1990), 沉默之島 [The Island of Silence] (1994), 魔術時刻 [The Magic Hours] (2002), and 時光隊伍 [The Procession in Time] (2006), as well as of the critical and essay volumes單人旅行 [The Journey of Solitude] (1999) and 租書店的女兒 [The Memories of Books] (2010). Her academic publications are 張愛玲香港時期小說研究 [Eileen Chang's Hong Kong Period Novels] (2002) and台灣張派作家世代論 [The Influence of Eileen Chang and Her Followers in Taiwan] (2006). She is the recipient of the United Daily News Prize for the Novelette, and the China Times Million Dollar Literary Prize for the Novel. Her participation is made possible by the Council for Cultural Affairs in Taiwan.

Lin Chun Ying
Taiwan
2012 Resident

LIN Chun Ying 林俊頴 (fiction writer; Taiwan) is the author of an essay collection and seven short story collections, including  大暑 [The Longest Summer] (1991), 焚燒創世紀 [A Burning Notebook] (1997), and 鏡花園 [The Garden of Mirrors] (2006). His novel 我不可告人的鄉愁[The Nostalgia That Dare Not Speak Its Name] (2011) received the 2012 Taipei International Book Exhibition Prize. Lin has worked as a copywriter, newspaper editor, and in television. His participation is made possible by the Council for Cultural Affairs in Taiwan.

Tong Wei Ger
Taiwan
2013 Resident

TONG Wei Ger (童偉格, fiction writer, playwright; Taiwan) is the author of the short story collection 王考 [Wang Kao] (2002), and the novels, 無傷時代 [The Age of No Hurt] (2005) and 西北雨 [Northwest Rain] (2010), for which he won the Taiwan Literature Prize. He lectures in the Department of Theatre Arts of the Taipei National University of the Arts. His participation was made possible by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture.

Chen Li
Taiwan
2014 Resident

CHEN Li (陳黎, poet, essayist, translator; Taiwan) is the author of 14 books of poetry, among them [Animal Lullaby] (1980), [Love Song of Buffet the Clown] (1990), [Lightly/Slowly] (2009), [Me/City] (2011), [Evil/Exorcized] (2012), [Dynasty/Saint] (2013), and [Island/Country] (2014). Together with his wife, translator Chang Fen-ling, he has published some 20 volumes of poetry in translation, including that of Plath, Larkin, Heaney, Neruda, Paz, and Szymborska. He is the recipient of the National Award for Literature and Arts, the China Times Literary Award, and the Taiwan Literature Award. Chen Li has taught creative writing at National Dong Hwa University and is the organizer of the Pacific Poetry Festival. His participation is made possible by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture.

Taiwan
2015 Resident

CHUNG Wenyin (fiction writer; Taiwan) is the author of story collections [Two People in One Day, The Past, Diary for You, Yesterday Reemerging, Old Appearances of Young Ladies and Cities for Lovers]. Her novels include [Woman Islands] and the historical Island Trilogy, comprised of Decayed Lust, [Decayed History] and Decayed Land. Chung Wen Yin is the recipient of a dozen literary awards, including the 2003 Yunlin County Cultural Award and, in 2005, of the distinguished Wu San-Lien Literature Prize. Her participation is made possible by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture.

Taiwan
2016 Resident

CHEN Ko Hua 陳克華 (poet, fiction writer, painter; Taiwan) studied at Taipei Medical University and Harvard Medical School; he now practices as an ophthalmologist at the Taipei Veterans’ General Hospital. He is the author of more than twenty volumes of poetry; his collection [Tears of Ignorance] was recently translated into Japanese. His work often addresses LGBTQ issues. His participation is made possible by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture.

Taiwan
2017 Visitor, 2017 50th Anniversary Guest

Ya Hsien 瘂弦, pen name of Wang Ching-lin 王慶麟 (Taiwan, IWP '67), one of the key Sinophone poets of the late 20th century, began publishing in the early 1950s; a member of the Taiwanese Modernist movement, he also co-founded the journal Epoch Poetry Quarterly. His Abyss was first published in 1968 and expanded in 1971; in 2017 a long-awaited English translation won John Balcom a finalist placement for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. In 2013 Ya Hsien was awarded the Zhongkun International Poetry Prize. A documentary about him, A Life That Sings, was released in 2015.

YAN Chung-hsien
Taiwan
2017 Resident

YAN Chung-hsien  顏忠賢  (fiction writer, poet, essayist, art critic; Taiwan) is also a curator, designer, and director, dedicated to a cross-disciplinary approach that integrates the verbal with the visual, and the traditional with the avant-garde. His 24 publications have won him a Taiwan Gold Book novel award, a Taipei Literature Award, and an Asia Weekly Book Award. He is professor of architecture at Shih Chen University in Taipei. His participation is made possible by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture.

Taiwan
2017 Visitor, 2017 50th Anniversary Guest

Ya Hsien 瘂弦, pen name of Wang Ching-lin 王慶麟 (Taiwan, IWP '67), one of the key Sinophone poets of the late 20th century, began publishing in the early 1950s; a member of the Taiwanese Modernist movement, he also co-founded the journal Epoch Poetry Quarterly. His Abyss was first published in 1968 and expanded in 1971; in 2017 a long-awaited English translation won John Balcom a finalist placement for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. In 2013 Ya Hsien was awarded the Zhongkun International Poetry Prize. A documentary about him, A Life That Sings, was released in 2015.

Taiwan
2018 Resident

HUANG Chong-Kai 黃崇凱 (fiction writer; Taiwan) is the author of four novels including 黃色小說  [Blue Fiction] (2014), voted one of the Ten Best Books of The Year by The China Times Book Review, and 文藝春秋   [The Contents of the Times] (2017), winner of the 2018 TIBE Book Prize for Fiction, and one of Mirror Media Review’s Ten Best Books of 2017. He is a member of 字母會 [Alphabet Lab], a collective of experimental writers and critical theorists in Taiwan. Huang’s participation is made possible by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture.

Taiwan
2019 Resident

The Atayal writer and activist WALIS Nokan 瓦歷斯‧諾幹  (poetry, nonfiction, fiction; Taiwan) founded the Hunter Culture Magazine (獵人文化雜誌), which developed into the Research Center for Humanities of Taiwan’s Aboriginal Peoples. An author of two dozen books, most recently a volume of flash fiction [Path of Dreams], he has received awards that include the United Daily News critics’ top honors for prose, and Ministry of Education’s Award for Literary Creation. He participates courtesy of the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.

CHU He-Chih
Taiwan
2022 Fall Resident

 CHU He-Chih 朱和之 (fiction; Taiwan). The author of eight novels, largely concerned with history and Taiwan's colonial legacies, Chu He-Chih is the first recipient of the Romain Rolland Prize for his novel 南光  [Aura of the South] (2021), given by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture. He has also been twice awarded the Hsing Yun Award for Global Chinese Literature, for 樂土  [The Land of Paradise] (2016) and for  風神的玩笑  [Chiang Wen-Ye, the Singer of No Homeland] (2020). He participates courtesy of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan.

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Taiwan
2023 Resident

Kevin CHEN 陳思宏  (novelist; Taiwan) started his career as a stage and screen actor. He is also the author of ten novels and short story collections, which have garnered him several literary awards in Taiwan. Ghost Town, in Darryl Sterk’s translation, among Library Journal’s Best Books of World Literature 2022, was longlisted for PEN’s 2023 Translation Prize and will be translated into 11 languages. Chen lives in Berlin, where he long was foreign correspondent for Taiwanese tv. His participation was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

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Taiwan
2023 Resident

LI Kotomi 李琴峰 (novelist, essayist, translator; Taiwan/ Japan) is the author of Hitorimai, published in 2022 as Solo Dance, Porarisu ga furisosogu yoru [Night of the Shining North Star] (2020), and Higanbana ga saku shima [The Island Where Red Spider Lilies Bloom] (2021). She is the winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Minister of Education’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists, both awarded in Japan, where she is currently based. She writes in Japanese, self-translating her work into Mandarin. Her participation was made possible by a grant from Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture.  

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