Wu Zhuoliu

Wu Chuo-liu (Chinese: 吳濁流; pinyin: Wú Zhuóliú) (1900–1976) was an influential Taiwanese journalist and novelist. His experiences during the Japanese period, including fifteen months (January 1941-March 1942) spent in Republican China, served as an inspiration for his most famous work, Orphans of Asia, a semi-autobiographical account of the experiences of a fictional protagonist—Hu Taiming (Chinese: 胡太明)—during the course of the colonial period. This work, which highlighted the ambiguity and tension inherent in being Taiwanese, has since become a key text in the contentious subject of Taiwanese identity. He is also known for his autobiography The Fig Tree (Chinese: 無花果).

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References

  • Ching, Leo T. S. (2001). Becoming "Japanese": Colonial Taiwan and the Politics of Identity Formation. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22551-1. 
  • Han Cheung (26 Jun 2016). "Orphans of a 'twisted history'". Taipei Times. p. 12. 
  • Wang, David Der-wei; Rojas, Carlos, eds. (2006). Writing Taiwan : A New Literary History. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-3851-3. 

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