Shi Shuqing (; born 1945) is a

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writer and educator. She was born in Lukang, Changhua and is the sister of writer Li Ang. Shi was educated at Tamkang University and

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. She taught at

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's National Chengchi University. In 1978, Shi moved to

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where she became director of Asian programs at the Hong Kong Arts Centre, later working as a consultant there. She returned to Taiwan in 1997.

Selected works

* ''The Barren Years and Other Short Stories and Plays'', English translation (1975) * ''Yi ye you : Xianggang de gu shi'' (One night journeys - Hong Kong stories, short stories (1985)) * ''Xianggang sanbuqu'' (Hong Kong trilogy) (1993, 1995, 1997) * ''Weiduoliya julebu'' (The Victoria Club), novella (1993) * ''Weixun caizhuang'' (Blush of intoxication), novel (1999) * ''City of the Queen'', novel translated by Howard Goldblatt (2008)

References

1945 births Living people Taiwanese women novelists Tamkang University alumni City University of New York alumni Academic staff of the National Chengchi University {{Taiwan-writer-stub