Kuo Liang-hui (; 17 August 1926 in

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– 19 June 2013 in

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) was a Taiwanese novelist. Several of her works were turned into films.

Early life

Kuo Liang-hui was born in the

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. She completed high school in Xi’an during the Chinese

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against Japan and started reading poetry at age of 16. She attended

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and became a student of Huang Ji Lu () and received a Foreign Language degree at

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. Kuo moved to

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, Taiwan after marrying Sun Ji-dong, pilot of the

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in 1949. To increase income for living, Kuo started off with novel translations (including works of

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), and soon became a novelist. Further to her first short story ''Young Group in Alley'', she has a few columns in a number of renown magazines and her serialisation of novel ''Niwa edge'' made her a more confirmed position in the world of literature. She was named ‘the most beautiful female writer’ because of her appearance and attitude. At the time when ''The Lock of Hearts'' was published, Kuo shot to fame whilst she was criticised and prohibited on her sexual and ‘immoral’ affair topics and let to the biggest crisis in her writing career. Although this incident stroke a heavy blow and upset Kuo, she did not give up writing. At the same time, ''The Lock of Hearts'' became the hottest book selling below the ground which further boosted her name. In 1971, she travelled around the world on her own, leading her to the study

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and

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. ''The Third Sex'', published in 1978, was again one of the first novels ever talked about

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. As a brave, top-of-the-era female, Kuo later on established Kuo Liang Hui New Enterprise Co., Ltd., also to publish travel journals. Kuo Liang Hui tomb

On 19 June 2013, Kuo died from stroke. Her statue is located in the celebrity cemetery zone of

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, Taiwan.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuo, Liang-hui 1926 births 2013 deaths Taiwanese people from Henan Taiwanese women novelists 20th-century Taiwanese women writers Fudan University alumni