Shi-Kuo Chang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chang.

Shi-kuo Chang (Chinese: 張系國; pinyin: Zhāng Xīgūo; Wade–Giles: Chang1 Hsi1-kuo1) is an internationally renowned computer scientist and writer famous for his science fiction writing. Chang was born in Chongqing in 1944 and grew up in Taiwan. After graduating from National Taiwan University, he first came to the United States in 1966 as a student at University of California, Berkeley, in Computer Science. He teaches computer science at the University of Pittsburgh.

Major works

Science fiction short stories collection

Science fiction novels

S. K. Chang, John Balcom tr., . The City Trilogy : Five Jade Disks, Defenders of the Dragon City, Tale of a Feather. (New York: Columbia University Press, Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan, 2003). ISBN 0231128525. Google Book

Short stories in translation

"Red Boy" in Joseph S. M. Lau. The Unbroken Chain : An Anthology of Taiwan Fiction since 1926 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983). ISBN 0253361621.

Other novels

Others

"Realism in Taiwan fiction: two directions," in Jeannette L. Faurot. Chinese Fiction from Taiwan : Critical Perspectives. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, Studies in Chinese Literature and Society, 1980). ISBN 0253124093.

References

External links

Dr. Chang's University of Pittsburgh site:

For a listing of his publications, see

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