Li, Ang

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Li Ang (李昂; real name Shih Shu-tuan with Li Ang being her pen name) (born April 7, 1952, in Lukang, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese feminist writer. After graduating from Chinese Culture University with a degree in philosophy, she studied drama at the University of Oregon, after which she returned to teach at her alma mater. Her major work is The Butcher's Wife (殺夫: 1983, tr. 1986), though she has a copious output. Feminist themes and sexuality are present in much of her work. Many of her stories are set in Lukang. Li Ang is known for her idiosyncratic, candid and penetrating insights on gender politics in the social life in contemporary Taiwan. Beginning her writing career at the age of 16, she has published nearly twenty novels and collections of short stories centering on women in such topics as pubescent female psychosexuality, feminism and gender, sex and female subjectivity. Her bold and successive broaching of subjects bordering on the taboo within the cultural context of Taiwan has earned her extensive critical acclaim both in the world of Chinese letters and internationally. Translated into different languages and published world-wide, many of her works have been reviewed by leading newspapers in many countries, including The New York Times, and made into films and T.V. series. In 2004, Li Ang was awarded the “Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Minister of Culture and Communication in recognition of her outstanding contribution to world literature.

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Fu shen
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Jiu shi liu nian xiao shuo xuan
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Hua jian mi qing =
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Le jardin des égarements
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Taiwan liang cai nü
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The butcher's wife and other stories
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Sha fu
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La Femme du boucher
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Sha fu
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The Butcher's Wife ('Sha fu', in traditional Chinese, NOT in English)
Representative edition published 1983
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Shui mei nan
Representative edition published 2017
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Ai chi gui de hua li lü cheng
Representative edition published 2015
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Shang hao yi cun
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Ai chi gui de hua li mao xian
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Qi shi yin yuan zhi Taiwan/Zhongguo qing ren
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Kan de jian de gui
Representative edition published 2004
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Meng li hua xiang zhi duo shao =
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Jiden no shōsetsu
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Ai chi gui
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Mi yuan
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Piao liu zhi lü
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Piao liu zhi lu
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Zi zhuan nuo xiao shuo
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Jin se de an ye
Representative edition published 1999
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