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Chang Ta-chun () (14 June 1957), also known as Dachun Zhang, is a notable
Ein Denkmal für den General
' (projekt verlag, Dortmund 1995, ), translated by Susanne Ettl-Hornfeck. In the 1990s Chang Ta-chun produced and hosted two popular television shows. As a reporter, he worked for the China Times. He has a cameo in
Chang Ta-chun () (14 June 1957), also known as Dachun Zhang, is a notable 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 ...
ese author and literary critic. He is the author of many novels, two of which, ''Wild Child'' ( 野孩子 ) and ''My Kid Sister'' (我妹妹), were published together in the U.S. as ''Wild Kids (Two Novels about Growing Up)'' by Columbia University Press (2000), translated from the Chinese by Michael Berry.
Chang began to win acclaim with his first story, "Suspended" (1976). His major breakthrough came in 1986 with his collection of short stories ''Apartment Building Tour Guide''. He also wrote ''wuxia
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'' and science-fiction
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stories. His "spontaneous news novel" ''The Grand Liar'' includes the daily news into the plot and is his most ambitious book.
He also published the novel ''The Weekly Journal of Young Big Head Spring'' under the pen name Big Head Spring (Datou Chun). ''My Kid Sister'' and ''Wild Child'' are the second and third installments of the Big Head Spring Trilogy.
His story "The General's Monument" (''Jiangjun bei''), included in the collection ''Lucky Worries About his Country'', was published in French under the title ''La Stèle du général'' (Éditions Picquier, 1993, ), translated by Mathilde Chou and Pierre Charau, and in German under the title Ein Denkmal für den General
' (projekt verlag, Dortmund 1995, ), translated by Susanne Ettl-Hornfeck. In the 1990s Chang Ta-chun produced and hosted two popular television shows. As a reporter, he worked for the China Times. He has a cameo in
Hou Hsiao-hsien
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's film City of Sadness
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Educational background
*B.A.
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and M.A.
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from Fu Jen Catholic University
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Works
*"Suspended" (Xuandang), 1976 *''Apartment Building Tour Guide'' (''Gongyu daoyu'') (short stories, 1986) *''Lucky Worries About his Country'' (''Sixi youguo'') (short stories, 1988) *''Happy Thieves'' (''Huanxi zei'') (short stories, 1989) *''Pathological Changes'' (''Bingbian'') (short stories, 1990) *''The Grand Liar'' (''Da shuoshuang jia'') (novel, 1990) *''The Weekly Journal of Young Big Head Spring'' (''Shaonian Datou Chun de shenghuo zhouji'') (novel, 1992) *''My Kid Sister'' (''Wo meimei'') (novel, 1993) *''No One Wrote a Letter to the Colonel'' (''Meiren xiezin gei shangxiao'') (novel, 1994) *''Wild Child'' (''Ye haizi'') (novel, 1996) *''Disciples of the Liar'' (''Sahuang de xintu'') (novel, 1996)References
Taiwanese male novelists 1957 births Living people Fu Jen Catholic University alumni International Writing Program alumni Taiwanese male short story writers 20th-century Taiwanese short story writers 20th-century Taiwanese male writers {{Taiwan-writer-stub