Wang Wen-hsing () was born in

Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...

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, in 1939 and grew up in

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. He obtained a BA in Foreign Languages and Literatures from

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and an MFA in Creative Writing from the

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. He returned to NTU's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures to teach, retiring in 2005 at the rank of Professor.(In Chinese.
Retired Faculty, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University
Retrieved February 5, 2012. His first novel, '' 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 ''Backed Against the Sea'' () as well as several collections of short stories.

Bibliography of English translations

Books

Novels

* ''Family Catastrophe: A Modernist Novel''. Tr. Susan Wan Dolling. Honolulu: Hawaii University Press, 2011. * ''Backed Against the Sea''. Trs. Ed. Gunn. Ithaca: Cornell East Asia Series, 1993.

Collections

* ''Endless War: Fiction and Essays by Wang Wen-hsing''. Eds. Shu-ning Sciban and Fred Edwards. Ithaca: Cornell East Asia Program, 2011.

Uncollected short works

* ''"The Man in Black."'' Tr. Shen Li-fen. In Chi Pang-yuan et al., eds., An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature. Taipei: National Institute for Compilation and Translation, 1975, II, 309–318. * ''"Flaw."'' Tr. Ch'en Chu-yün. In Joseph S. M. Lau and Timothy A. Ross, eds., Chinese Stories from Taiwan: 1960–1970. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976. * ''"Such a Symphony of Written Characters One Must Not Allow to Disperse."'' Tr. Helmut Martin. In Martin, ed., Modern Chinese Writers: Self-portrayals. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1992, 194–95.

Notes and references

External links

Regularly maintained bibliography of translated works by Wang Wenxing at the MCLC translation database

Wang Wenhsing Website
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