Luo Yijun
| Luo Yijun | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
March 29, 1967 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic |
| Language | Chinese |
| Nationality | Taiwan |
| Alma mater | Chinese Culture University, Taipei National University of the Arts |
| Genre | Literary fiction, Poetry, Essays, Literary criticism |
Luo Yijun (Chinese: 駱以軍; March 29, 1967 - ) is a Taiwanese writer.
Luo attended Chinese Culture University, where he studied Chinese literature, and 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.
The only child of mainland Chinese immigrants who fled the Kuomintang, Luo has attributed the themes of alienation and migration in novels such as Western Summer Hotel, which combines science fiction[1] with characteristics of postmodern literature, or the quasi-autobiographical vignettes that comprise We,[2] to his own experience of cultural outsiderness growing up in Taiwan.[3]
References
- ↑ Emma Xu. "David Der-wei Wang: utopia, dystopia, heterotopias—from Lu Xun to Liu Cixin (part two)". See China. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Book Review: We". Caixin Online. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Wei Xi. "Identity lost in a foreign land". BeijingToday. Retrieved October 30, 2012.