Campus Digest

HKBU welcomes renowned novelist Professor Shih Shu-ching as Writer-in-Residence

22 Apr 2016

HKBU invites renowned novelist Professor Shih Shu-ching as Writer-in-Residence HKBU invites renowned novelist Professor Shih Shu-ching as Writer-in-Residence
HKBU invites renowned novelist Professor Shih Shu-ching as Writer-in-Residence

 

The International Writers’ Workshop of HKBU held a reception on 22 April to welcome Professor Shih Shu-ching, renowned novelist from Taiwan, as Writer-in-Residence this year. Professor Shih will reside at HKBU in April and May and will conduct public lectures, talks and a workshop on fiction writing to share her experience in creative writing with tertiary students, local writers as well as the public.

Professor Shih Shu-ching graduated from Tamkang University in Taiwan and obtained a master’s degree in theatre from the City University of New York. She taught in National Chengchi University, Tamkang University and National Taiwan Normal University. She first launched her writing career at the age of 17. In 1977, Professor Shin went to Hong Kong and worked in the Hong Kong Arts Centre. In the 1980s, Professor Shih created a series of Hong Kong-inspired novellas, the Hong Kong Trilogy which is made up of Her Name is Butterfly, Mountain Covered with Hong Kong Orchid Trees, and The Lonely Cloud Manor. Two decades later, she wrote the Taiwan Trilogy.

Professor Shih has received a number of awards, including the Best Book of the Year of Dushuren from United Daily News, Ten Excellent Books of the Year from China Times, Top 100 Chinese Novels in the 20th Century from Asia Weekly, Ten Excellent Novels of the Year from China Times and the 12th National Award for Arts (Literature) from the National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan). Her works have been translated into English, Japanese, French, Korean, Spanish and Čeština (the official language of the Czech Republic).

During her stay, Professor Shih will conduct two public talks. The first will be held on campus (29 April, 4 pm, Room RRS 905, Sir Run Run Shaw Building, Ho Sin Hang Campus) and another on “Femme, Histoire, Roman-flueve” will be held at the Hong Kong Central Library, Causeway Bay (28 May, 11 am, Lecture Theatre).

For details on the Writer-in-Residence activities, please refer to the website http://iww.hkbu.edu.hk.