Shi Shuqing (; born 1945) is a

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

- Chinese writer and educator. She was born in

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and is the sister of writer Li Ang. Shi was educated at

Tamkang University Tamkang University (TKU; ) is a private university in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1950 as a junior college of English. Today it is a comprehensive university with 11 colleges that serves nearly 25,000 students ...

and

City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY, pronounced , ) is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven ...

. She taught at

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National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subsequently reestablished in 1954 in Taiwan as the first reestablished "National University". The u ...

. In 1978, Shi moved to Hong Kong where she became director of Asian programs at the

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, later working as a consultant there. She returned to Taiwan in 1997. She is a chair professor in the Department of Chinese as a Second Language at

National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) is a National university, national comprehensive university in Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university enrolls approximately 17,000 students each year. Approximately 1,600 students are Intern ...

Selected works

*''The Barren Years and Other Short Stories and Plays'', English translation (1975) *''Yi ye you : Xianggang de gu shi'' (One night journeys - Hong Kong stories, short stories (1985)) *''Xianggang sanbuqu'' (Hong Kong trilogy) (1993, 1995, 1997) *''Weiduoliya julebu'' (The Victoria Club), novella (1993) *''Weixun caizhuang'' (Blush of intoxication), novel (1999) *''City of the Queen'', novel translated by Howard Goldblatt (2008)

References

1945 births Living people Taiwanese women novelists Tamkang University alumni City University of New York alumni Academic staff of the National Chengchi University {{Taiwan-writer-stub