Wu Zhuoliu

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Wu Chuo-liu (吳濁流) (1900–1976) was an influential Taiwanese journalist and novelist. His experiences during the colonial period, including fifteen months (January 1941-March 1942) spent on the mainland, served as an inspiration for his most famous work, Orphan of Asia, a semi-autobiographical account of the experiences of a fictional protagonist—Hu Taiming—during the course of the colonial period. This work, which highlighted the ambiguity and tension inherent in being Taiwanese, has since become a key text in the contentious subject of Taiwanese identity. He is also known for his autobiography 無花果, translated by Duncan Hunter as The Fig Tree.

References

Leo Ching. Becoming Japanese: Colonial Taiwan and the Politics of Identity Formation. ISBN 0-520-22551-1
David Der-wei Wang and Carlos Rojas, editors. Writing Taiwan. ISBN 0-8223-3851-3

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Name	Wu, Zhouliu
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Short description	Journalist and novelist
Date of birth	1900
Place of birth
Date of death	1976
Place of death

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