Zhu Tianxin

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhu.

Zhu Tianxin (Chinese: 朱天心; Wade–Giles: Chu Tien-hsin; born 1958) is a Taiwanese writer.[1]

The daughter of army writer Zhu Xining and translator Liu Musha, she is the younger sister of writer Zhu Tianwen.[2] Zhu began writing in high school and her early short stories and essays were published in 1977 as Fangzhou shang de rizi (Days on the ark) and Jirang ge (Songs of rustic pleasures). She studied history at National Taiwan University. In 1984, she married writer and editor Xie Caijun. She wrote a number of articles for the weekly China Times.[1]

Zhu was influenced in her development as a writer by her father and also by writer and editor Hu Lancheng.[3] In her work, she explores the challenges of reestablishing and maintaining cultural identity in a modern world.[2]

Zhu is a member of the advocacy group The Alliance for Ethnic Equality which opposes the exploitation of ethnic differences for political gain.[4] In 2012, she was part of a group lobbying for the creation of an independent agency responsible for animal protection.[5]

Selected works[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. pp. 362–63. ISBN 0415159806.
  2. 1 2 3 Chen, Lingchei Letty (2006). Writing Chinese: Reshaping Chinese Cultural Identity. pp. 64–76. ISBN 1403982988.
  3. ↑ Mostow, Joshua S (2003). The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature. pp. 584–. ISBN 0231113145.
  4. ↑ Green, Robert (August 1, 2007). "Searching for the Past". Taiwan Review.
  5. ↑ "Animal rights activists call for an independent agency". China Post. May 3, 2012.


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