Wang Wen-hsing (Chinese: 王文興; pinyin: Wáng Wénxìng; Wade–Giles: Wang2 Wên2-hsing4; 1939 – 27 September 2023) was a Taiwanese writer.
Wang Wen-hsing (Chinese: 王文興; pinyin: Wáng Wénxìng; Wade–Giles: Wang2 Wên2-hsing4; 1939 – 27 September 2023) was a Taiwanese writer.
Wang obtained a BA in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[1] He returned to NTU's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures to teach, retiring in 2005 at the rank of Professor.[2]
His first novel, Family Catastrophe (Chinese: 家變; pinyin: Jiābiàn), was published in 1972, a story about a runaway father and a son who takes over the household in his stead. He has also published a novel entitled Backed Against the Sea (Chinese: 背海的人; pinyin: Bèi Hǎi de Rén) as well as several collections of short stories.[3][4][5] In 2009, Wang received the National Award for the Arts.[6] He was posthumously awarded a presidential citation in 2023.[7]
Wang was born in Fuzhou, and moved from Fujian to Donggang, Pingtung in 1946, then subsequently settled in Taipei. He was married to Chen Chu-yun (陳竺筠), and died on 27 September 2023, at the age of 84.[5][8]
