Wang Wenxing

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Wang Wenxing (Chinese: 王文興; pinyin: Wáng Wénxìng) was born in Fuzhou, Fujian in 1939 and grew up in Taiwan. He obtained his B.A. in Foreign Languages & Literature from the National Taiwan University and received an MFA from the University of Iowa.[1] He is currently a Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature Department at The National Taiwan University.[2]

His first novel, Jiabian (Chinese: 家變; pinyin: Jiābiàn) (loosely translated, "Family Catastrophe") was published in 1972, a story about a runaway father and a son who takes over the household in his stead. He has also published a novel entitled Bei Hai De Ren (Backed Against the Sea) as well as several collections of short stories.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Sandrine Marchand, A Jump Over The Gap of History: An Incursion in Wang Wenxing's Fictions
  2. ^ Wang Wenxing, http://www.renditions.org/renditions/authors/wangwx.html
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