Lin Wenyue
Lin Wenyue was a Taiwanese scholar, writer, translator, and professor.
Biography
Lin was born in Shanghai in 1933, with her ancestral home in Changhua County. Lin primarily studied at a Japanese school. Her grandfather, Lien Heng, was a historian, who was Vice President Lien Chan's grandfather.In 1946, Lin went to Taiwan with her family. In 1952, Lin was accepted to National Taiwan University. 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 at Washington University in St. Louis. From 1993 to 1999, Lin was a professor at Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and Charles University.
Lin died in Oakland, California on 26 May 2023, at the age of 89.
Works
Prose works
Yaoyuan Chat Schoolroom In the afternoon- ''Diet Diary''
Biography
- ''Biography of Lian Heng''
Translations
The Pillow Book Izumi Shikibu's Diary The Tale of Genji The Tales of Ise- ''Thirteen Nights''