Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai (Chinese: 白先勇; pinyin: Bái Xiānyǒng; Wade–Giles: Pai Hsien-yung; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pe̍h Sian-ióng; born July 11, 1937) is a Chinese writer based in Taiwan who has been described as a …
Eileen Chang is the English name for Chinese author 張愛玲, who was born to a prominent family in Shanghai (one of her great-grandfathers was Li Hongzhang) in 1920.
Yu Hua (simplified Chinese: 余华; traditional Chinese: 余華; pinyin: Yú Huá) is a Chinese author, born April 3, 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He practiced dentistry for five years and later turned …
Richard Wagamese was one of Canada's foremost Native authors and storytellers. He worked as a professional writer since 1979. He was a newspaper columnist and reporter, radio and television broadcaste…
Sanmao (Chinese: 三毛; March 26, 1943 – January 4, 1991) was a Taiwanese writer and translator. Her works range from autobiographical writing, travel writing, and reflective novels, to translations of S…
Nguyễn Thị Xuân Phượng sinh năm 1929, quê làng Nham Biều, huyện Hương Trà, tỉnh Thừa Thiên - Huế. Năm 16 tuổi (1945) bà thoát ly gia đình, xếp bút nghiên lên đường tranh đấu giành độc lập cho đất nước…
Vũ Trọng Phụng (1912-1939) là một nhà văn, nhà báo nổi tiếng của Việt Nam vào đầu thế kỷ 20. Tuy thời gian cầm bút rất ngắn ngủi, với tác phẩm đầu tiên là truyện ngắn Chống nạng lên đường đăng trên Ng…
Nguyễn Ngọc Tư (sinh năm 1976 tại xã Tân Duyệt, huyện Đầm Dơi, tỉnh Cà Mau) là một nữ nhà văn trẻ của Hội nhà văn Việt Nam, được biết đến nhiều nhất bởi tập truyện gây tranh cãi mang tên Cánh đồng bất…
Xueqin Cao (Chinese: 曹雪芹; pinyin: Cáo Xuěqín; Wade–Giles: Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in, 1715 or 1724 — 1763 or 1764) was the pseudonym of a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Dream of the R…
Writer, painter, designer, photographer, literary professor, butterfly scholar, environmental activist, traveler and blogger rolled into one, Wu Ming-Yi is very much a modern Renaissance Man. Over th…
Chan Ho-Kei 陳浩基 was born and raised in Hong Kong. He has worked as software engineer, scriptwriter, game designer and editor of comic magazines. His writing career started in 2008 at the age of thirty…
Beijing tong zhi (北京同志) is the anonymous author of the work known in English as Beijing Comrades or Beijing Story (北京故事). The novel was adapted into the film 藍宇 [Lan Yu] directed by Stanley Kwan.
