Lin Wenyue (; born 5 September 1933) is a

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scholar, writer and translator from

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Biography

Lin was born in

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in 1933, with her

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Changhua County Changhua County ( Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth small ...

. Lin primarily studied at a Japanese school. Her grandfather,

Lian Heng Lien Heng (; 1878–1936) was a Taiwanese historian, politician, poet, merchant, editor of a Tainan's local newspaper. His most representative work was the '. Some have claimed that he contributed to the creation and spread of a unified and s ...

, was a historian, who was Vice President

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's grandfather. In 1946, Lin went to

with her family. In 1952, Lin was accepted to

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. After graduation, she worked in Taiwan University as a teacher. Lin married Guo Yulun () in 1957 in Taiwan. She started to publish books in 1960. In 1969, Lin went to study Japanese Literature at Kyoto University in Japan. In 1989, Lin went to the United States and was a professor in

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. Lin retired in 1993 and she settled in America. From 1993 to 1999, Lin was a professor at Stanford University,

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and Charles University.

Works

Prose works

* ''Yaoyuan'' () * ''Chat'' () * ''Schoolroom In the afternoon'' () * ''Diet Diary'' ()

Biography

* ''Biography of Lian Heng'' ()

Translations

* ''

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'' () * '' Izumi Shikibu's Diary'' () * '' The Tale of Genji'' () * ''

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'' () * ''Thirteen Nights'' ()

Awards

* ''Yaoyuan'' () – 5th Zhongxing Literature and Art Award * ''Schoolroom In the afternoon'' () – 9th China Times Literature Award * ''Chat'' () – 14th National Literature and Art Award (1988) * '' The Tale of Genji'' () – 19th National Literature and Art Award (1994) * ''Diet Diary'' () – 3rd Taipei Literature Award

References

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