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Biography

Luo Yijun (Chinese: 駱以軍; pinyin: Luò Yǐjūn; born 29 March 1967) is a Taiwanese writer.

Biography

Luo attended Chinese Culture University, where he studied Chinese literature under authors such as Zhang Dachun, who influenced his early style; he later earned a master's degree in theater from Taipei National University of the Arts. His works include fiction, poetry, essays, and literary criticism. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the China Times Literature Award and the 10th United Daily News Literature Prize. In 2007, he was a visiting writer at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Themes and Style

The only child of mainland Chinese immigrants who fled the Kuomintang, Luo has attributed the themes of alienation and migration in novels such as Tangut Inn, which combines science fiction with characteristics of postmodern literature, or the quasi-autobiographical vignettes that comprise We, to his own experience of cultural outsiderness growing up in Taiwan. His style has been described by David Der-wei Wang as "pseudo-autobiographical intimate narratives constituting a relay race of fragments, filled with uncanny and decadent imagery and undergirded by an immoral worldview".

Legacy and Impact

Luo's essay collection My Little Boys (小兒子) has been adapted into a play by Huang Zhi-kai of the theater troupe Story Works (故事工廠).

Luo's Tangut Inn has been adapted into a play by Wei Ing-chuan (魏瑛娟).

Xu Rong-zhe (許榮哲), Taiwanese author of the novel 迷藏 (Mi-Cang), once said that he was influenced by Luo Yijun and Taiwanese author Yuan Zhe-sheng (袁哲生).

Awards and Honors

YEARWORKSAWARDSHOSTRANK
1988"Red Character Group"The UNITAS Taiwan Islandwide Literature Camp Award for Best StoryUnited LiteratureFiction Award
1989"Roach"National Students’ Literature AwardMingdao LiteratureRecommendation Prize
1990"A Roll of Film"The UNITAS Literature Award for New WritersUnited LiteratureHonorable Prize
1991"Toy Gun King"China Times Literature AwardChina TimesAudition Prize
1993Red Character Group10 Best Books of the Year by the Book and Literature Section “The Book Lovers”United Daily News
1993"Born Into the Twelfth Sign"Collected Short Stories 1993ErYa Publishing House, Yizhi Chen Edition
1998"Elegy"Collected Short Stories 1998China Times
1999The Third Dancer10 Best Books of the Year and Literature Section “Opening Books”China Times
2000Family of the Moon10 Best Books of the Year

Chiu Ko Novel of the Year Award

Jiu ge PublisherTaipei Literature Year Award
2000"Five Stories of Jetlag"Third Taipei Literature AwardTaipei Cultural Bureau
2008Tangut InnAsian Magazine of Ten Chinese Good Books of NovelAsian Magazine
2009Tangut InnTaiwan Literature AwardNational Taiwan Literature MuseumGolden Long Novel Prize
2010Tangut InnThe 3rd Dream of the Red Chamber AwardHong Kong Jinhui University of Literature Department1st Prize
2014DaughterThe Year of the Chinese Best Books and Literature Section “Opening Books”China Times
2014DaughterTaipei International Ten Best Books Award of Asian MagazineAsian Magazine
2015DaughterTaipei International Book Exhibition Nobel Prize in LiteratureTaipei International Book Exhibition
2018Alphabets A-FFifth Literary Great of United Daily News awardUnited Daily News
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