Hsiao Sa (Xiao Sa) (; born March 4, 1953) is the pen name of Hsiao Ching-yu/Hsiao Ch’ing-yü (), a

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

ese educator and writer. Hsiao Sa's family was from

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

and went to Taiwan where she was born. She studied at the Girl's Teacher Institute and then taught

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

. Her first collection of stories was published when she was 17. Hsiao married director Chang Yi; the couple divorced in 1986. Her 1981 book ''Xiafei zhi jia'' (A family from Xiafei) was made into a 1985 film ''Wo zhe yang guo le yi sheng'' (The life of Guimei). Her novella ''Wo er Hansheng'' was also made into a movie. Her work has received a number of literary awards, as well as a

Golden Horse Award The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is us ...

for script writing.

Selected works

* (Night scenes in daylight), short stories (1977) * (1980) * (My son Hansheng), novella (1981) * (The youth Ahxin), novel (1984) * (Diaries of homecoming), novel (1987)

References

External links

* 1953 births Living people Taiwanese women novelists International Writing Program alumni Taiwanese schoolteachers {{Taiwan-writer-stub