Kao Yi-feng
Kao Yi-feng | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 10, 1973 Toufen City, Miaoli County, Taiwan |
| Occupation | Writer, director |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Alma mater | Chinese Culture University |
Kao Yi-feng (Chinese: 高翊峰; born 10 September 1973) is a Taiwanese novelist, screenwriter and director.[1] His work includes references to Hakka language and Hakka culture.[2]
Life
Kao Yi-feng was born in Miaoli County. Before becoming a writer, he worked as a dancer, a bartender, and as the editor of a fashion magazine. He studied law at university.[1]
His first short story was published in 2002, and in 2003 Kao and seven other authors formed a group called "Novelist Reader", which aimed to promote contemporary literature by stunts like writing on bookshop windows and printing novels on fast food tray paper.[1]
Kao's first novel, Phantom Asylum, came out in 2012. His second book, War of the Bubbles, followed in 2014. It was translated into French in 2017.[1]
In 2016, Kao and the manga artist Ke You-xi attended the Frankfurt Book Fair as part of the Taiwanese delegation.[2]
Reception
In 2012, Unitas Publishing Company named Kao one of the 20 most-anticipated Chinese novelists under 40. He has also won the Wu Chuo-liu Literary Prize and Lin Rung-san Literary Prize.[1]
Works
Novels
- Imaginary Ship 《幻艙》（Aquarius Publishing 寶瓶，2011）
- War of the Bubbles 《泡沫戰爭》（Aquarius Publishing 寶瓶，2014）
- 2069 《2069》（Thinkingdom Media Group Ltd. 新經典文化，2019）
Short story collections
- This prison called home 《家，這個牢籠》（Elite Books 爾雅，2002）
- Désincarnation 《肉身蛾》（Aquarius Publishing 寶瓶，2004）
- Running Through the Beautiful Light 《奔馳在美麗的光裡》（Aquarius Publishing 寶瓶，2006）
- Burning Crows 《烏鴉燒》（Aquarius Publishing 寶瓶，2012）
TV movie
- Pucevuljan 《煙起的地方Pucevuljan》（2017）
References
- ^ a b c d e "Novelist-Kao Yi-feng". The Ministry of Culture of Taiwan. 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Cheers! TAIWAN: 765 books from Taiwan to join Frankfurt fair". Taiwan Ministry of Culture. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
External links
- Kao Yi-feng at IMDb