Chen Guocheng (Chinese: 陳國城; born October 13, 1951), better known by his pen name Wu He (Chinese: 舞鶴; lit. dancing crane) is a Taiwanese writer from Chiayi.[1][2][3][4]
Life and career
editWu He published his first short story "Peony Autumn" in 1974. This was followed by another story in 1978, "A Thin Incense Stick".[4]
He graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at National Cheng Kung University in 1975.[5]
In 1981, after completing his compulsory military service, he moved to the Tamsui District, where he lived in seclusion and did not publish, though he continued to write and research.[4][5]
He returned to Chiayi in 1991 and began to publish again, adopting the pen name Wu He.[5]
After publishing two collections of short stories and a novel, Wu He published his most well known book, Remains of Life, in which the narrator is investigating the Musha Incident of 1930. It won several literary awards.[3]
Selected bibliography
edit- 《逃兵二哥》（1991, novella). The Deserter
- 《拾骨》（1995, short stories). Digging for Bones or Disinterment
- 《十七歲之海》（1997, short stories). The Sea at Seventeen
- 《思索阿邦．卡露斯》（1997, novel). Thinking of Abang Kadresengan
- 《餘生》（2000, novel). Remains of Life, trans. Michael Berry (Columbia University Press, 2017)
- 《鬼兒與阿妖》（2000). Queer and Ayao
- 《舞鶴淡水》（2002). Wu He Danshui
- 《亂迷》第一卷（2007). Chaos and Confusion
Awards and honours
edit- 1974: National Cheng Kung University Phoenix Tree Literary Award
- 1992: Wu Zhuoliu Literary Award
- 1995: Lai Ho Literature Award
- 1997: China Times Literature Awards, Recommended
- 2000: Taipei Creative Writing Award for Literature
- 2000: China Times Ten Best Books of the Year Award
- 2000: United Daily Readers' Choice Award
References
edit- ^ Wu, Chia-rong (2013-03-01). "Re-Positioning Taiwan: Spatial Politics and Cultural Landscape in Dancing Crane's Heterogeneous Writing". Studies on Asia. 4 (3): 211–240.
- ^ "Disinterment - Asymptote". www.asymptotejournal.com. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
- ^ a b Berry, Michael (2017). Remains of Life. Columbia University Press. pp. viii–ix. ISBN 9780231166010.
- ^ a b c Li, Fang-yu (2015-08-15). "Writing Oneself as a Writer: Intellectual Identity and Moral Agency in Contemporary Chinese Novels". Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations. doi:10.7936/K7PN93TD.
- ^ a b c Veg, Sebastian (2012-03-30). "Surviving Civilization: Rereading the History of Taiwan and Modernity". China Perspectives. 2012 (1): 69–72. doi:10.4000/chinaperspectives.5831. ISSN 2070-3449.