Li Ang (writer)
Shih Shu-tuan, pen name Li Ang, is a Taiwanese feminist writer. After graduating from Chinese Culture University with a degree in philosophy, she studied drama at the University of Oregon, after which she returned to teach at her alma mater. Her major work is The Butcher's Wife, though she has written many other novels. Feminist themes and sexuality are present in much of her work. Many of her stories are set in Lukang.
Career
The Butcher's Wife is critical of traditional Chinese patriarchy. The heroine is sold by her dead father's brother into marriage with a brutal butcher much older than she. He dominates her sexually and takes pleasure in frightening her in various ways, including a visit to the slaughterhouse, after which the heroine in a disoriented state of mind murders him with a butcher's blade.Li Ang is known for her idiosyncratic, candid and penetrating insights on gender politics in the social life in contemporary Taiwan. Beginning her writing career at the age of 16, she has published nearly twenty novels and collections of short stories centering on women in such topics as pubescent female psychosexuality, feminism and gender, sex and female subjectivity. Her bold and successive broaching of subjects bordering on the taboo within the cultural context of Taiwan has earned her extensive critical acclaim both in the world of Chinese letters and internationally. Translated into different languages and published worldwide, many of her works have been reviewed by leading newspapers in many countries, including The New York Times, and made into films and T.V. series. In 2004, Li Ang was awarded the "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by the French Minister of Culture and Communication in recognition of her outstanding contribution to world literature.
Works
This is a complete list of Li Ang's works published in Taiwan as well as the English translations of her work.Novels
- 1977 《人間世》The Secular World
- 1982 《愛情試驗》Test of Love
- 1983 《殺夫：鹿城故事》The Butcher's Wife
- 1984 《她們的眼淚》Their Tears
- 1985 《花季》Flower Season
- 1985 《暗夜》Dark Night
- 1986 《一封未寄的情書》A Love Letter Never Sent
- 1988 《年華》The Best Years
- 1991 《迷園》Mysterious Garden
- 1991 《甜美生活》Sweet Life
- 1992 《李昂集》Selected Works by Li Ang
- 1997 《北港香爐人人插：戴貞操帶的魔鬼系列》Beigang Incense Burner of Lust: The Devil with a Chastity Belt Series
- 1999 《禁色的暗夜：李昂情色小說集》The Dark Night of Forbidden Desire
- 2000 《自傳の小說》Autobiography: A Novel
- 2004 《看得見的鬼》Visible Ghosts
- 2005 《花間迷情》Bewitching Love
- 2007 《鴛鴦春膳》An Erotic Feast for Lovebirds
- 2009 《七世姻緣之台灣／中國情人》Marriage in Seven Lives: Entangled Love Affairs of Taiwanese Mainlander
- 2011 《附身》Possession
- 2014 《路邊甘蔗眾人啃》''Everyone Takes a Bite out of Roadside Sugarcanes''
Prose
- 1987 《貓咪與情人》A Stray Cat and a Lover
- 2000 《漂流之旅》Drifting Voyageur
- 2002 《愛吃鬼》Gourmand
- 2009 《愛吃鬼的華麗冒險》The Splendid Adventure of a Gourmand
- 2013 《愛吃鬼的祕徑：李昂帶路的美食奇妙之旅》A Gourmand's Secret Footpath
- 2014 《李昂的獨嘉美食》''Li Ang's Exclusive Chiayi Cuisines''
Other works
- 1976 《群像─中國當代藝術家訪問》Group of Characters
- 1984 《女性的意見》Women's Opinions
- 1985 《外遇》Extra-Marital Affairs
- 1986 《走出暗夜》Walking Out of the Dark Night
- 1989 《水鬼城煌》City God: The Water Spirit
- 1993 《懶人變猴子：賽夏族的故事》Lazy People Turn into Monkeys: Saisiat Folklore
- 1993 《施明德前傳》An Early Chapter of Shi Mingde's Life
- 1994 《李昂說情》''Li Ang Talks about Love''