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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Li_Ang_(writer) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Li_Ang_(writer).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ang_(writer) > Source revision: 1342102604 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Taiwanese feminist writer Shih Shu-tuan 施淑端 Born Shih Shu-tuan (施淑端; Pinyin: Shī Shūduān) (1952-04-05) 5 April 1952 (age 74) Lukang, Changhua, Taiwan Pen name Li Ang（李昂; Pinyin: Lǐ Áng） Occupation Writer Language Chinese Nationality Taiwanese Education Chinese Culture University (BA) University of Oregon (MA) Period 1969– present Genre Fiction Notable works The Butcher's Wife Mysterious Garden Notable awards "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by French Minister of Culture and Communication **Shih Shu-tuan** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 施淑端; born 5 April 1952), [pen name](/source/Pen_name) **Li Ang** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 李昂), is a Taiwanese [feminist](/source/Feminism) writer. After graduating from [Chinese Culture University](/source/Chinese_Culture_University) with a degree in philosophy, she studied drama at the [University of Oregon](/source/University_of_Oregon), after which she returned to teach at her *alma mater*. Her major work is *The Butcher's Wife* (殺夫: 1983, tr. 1986), 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](/source/Lukang).[1][2] ## Career *The Butcher's Wife* is critical of traditional [Chinese patriarchy](/source/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.[1] 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](/source/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres)" by the [French Minister of Culture and Communication](/source/French_Ministry_of_Culture) in recognition of her outstanding contribution to world literature.[2] ## 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* (Taipei: Dahan Publisher) - 1982 《愛情試驗》*Test of Love* (Taipei: Hongfan Bookstore) - 1983 《殺夫：鹿城故事》*The Butcher's Wife* (Taipei: Linking Books) - 1984 《她們的眼淚》*Their Tears* (Taipei: Hongfan Bookstore) - 1985 《花季》*Flower Season* (Taipei: Hongfan Bookstore) - 1985 《暗夜》*Dark Night* (Taipei: China Times Publisher) - 1986 《一封未寄的情書》*A Love Letter Never Sent* (Taipei: Hongfan Bookstore) - 1988 《年華》*The Best Years* (Taipei: Hongfan Bookstore) - 1991 《迷園》*Mysterious Garden* (Taipei: Maotun famai Co.) - 1991 《甜美生活》*Sweet Life* (Taipei: Hongfan Bookstore) - 1992 《李昂集》*Selected Works by Li Ang* (Taipei: Avanguard) - 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* (Taipei: Rye Field Publishing Co) - 1999 《禁色的暗夜：李昂情色小說集》The Dark Night of Forbidden Desire (Taipei: Crown Publisher) - 2000 《自傳の小說》*Autobiography: A Novel* (Taipei: Crown Publisher) - 2004 《看得見的鬼》*Visible Ghosts* (Taipei: Unitas Publisher) - 2005 《花間迷情》*Bewitching Love* (Taipei: Locus Publishing) - 2007 《鴛鴦春膳》*An Erotic Feast for Lovebirds* (Taipei: Unitas Publisher) - 2009 《七世姻緣之台灣／中國情人》*Marriage in Seven Lives: Entangled Love Affairs of Taiwanese Mainlander* (Taiepei: Linking Books) - 2011 《附身》*Possession* (Taipei: Chiuko) - 2014 《路邊甘蔗眾人啃》*Everyone Takes a Bite out of Roadside Sugarcanes* (Taipei: Chiuko) ### Prose - 1987 《貓咪與情人》*A Stray Cat and a Lover* (Taipei: China Times Publisher) - 2000 《漂流之旅》*Drifting Voyageur* (Taipei: Crown Publisher) - 2002 《愛吃鬼》*Gourmand* (Taipei: Yifan) - 2009 《愛吃鬼的華麗冒險》*The Splendid Adventure of a Gourmand* (Taipei: Route Culture Co.) - 2013 《愛吃鬼的祕徑：李昂帶路的美食奇妙之旅》*A Gourmand's Secret Footpath* (Taipei: Route Culture Co.) - 2014 《李昂的獨嘉美食》*Li Ang's Exclusive Chiayi Cuisines* (Chiayi: Cultural Bureau of Chiayi City) ### Other works - 1976 《群像─中國當代藝術家訪問》*Group of Characters* (Taipei: Dahan Publisher)(interview collection) - 1984 《女性的意見》*Women's Opinions* (Taipei: China Times Publisher)(newspaper column collection) - 1985 《外遇》*Extra-Marital Affairs* (Taipei: China Times Publisher)(Fieldwork report) - 1986 《走出暗夜》*Walking Out of the Dark Night* (Taipei: Avanguard)(newspaper column collection) - 1989 《水鬼城煌》*City God: The Water Spirit* (Taipei: Yuan-liu Publishing Co)(children's literature) - 1993 《懶人變猴子：賽夏族的故事》*Lazy People Turn into Monkeys: Saisiat Folklore* (Taipei: Yuan-liu Publishing Co.)(children's literature) - 1993 《施明德前傳》*An Early Chapter of Shi Mingde's Life* (Taipei: Avanguard)(biography) - 1994 《李昂說情》*Li Ang Talks about Love* (Taipei: Maotun famai Co.)(newspaper column collection) ### English translations - Ang, Li (1986). *The Butcher's Wife.*trans. Howard Goldblatt and Ellen Yeung. San Francisco: North Point Press. - Ang, Li (1990). *"Flower Season," Bamboo Shoots after the Rain.*trans. Ann C. Carver and S. Y. Chang. - Ang, Li (1990). *The Butcher's Wife.*trans. Howard Goldblatt and Ellen Yeung. Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co. - Ang, Li (1991). *"A Love Letter Never Sent" Worlds of Modern Chinese Fiction.*trans. Howard Goldblatt. Armok: N. Y. Sharpe. - Ang, Li (1995). *The Butcher's Wife and Other Stories.*trans. Howard Goldblatt. Boston: Cheng and Tsui Company. - Ang, Li (2015). *The Lost Garden.*trans. [Sylvia Li-chun Lin](/source/Sylvia_Li-chun_Lin) and Howard Goldblatt. New York: Columbia University Press. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ang_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ang_1-1) Haddon, Rosemary, [*From Pulp to Politics: Aspects of Topicality in Fiction by Li La Ang*](http://mclc.osu.edu/jou/abstracts/haddon.htm) Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, vol. 13, no. 1, pp.36-72 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-liang_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-liang_2-1) [Li Ang](http://www.yorku.ca/shortcon/documents/Ang.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121006164732/http://www.yorku.ca/shortcon/documents/Ang.pdf) 2012-10-06 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Guest Writers, 11th International Conference on the Short Story in English, [York University](/source/York_University) ## Further reading - *Chinese Writers on Writing* Li Ang. ed. [Arthur Sze](/source/Arthur_Sze). ([Trinity University Press](/source/Trinity_University_(Texas)#Trinity_University_Press), 2010). ## External links - [List](http://mclc.osu.edu/rc/bib3.htm#L) of translations of her fiction (scroll down). - [Website](http://web.mit.edu/ccw/li-ang/) devoted to Li Ang maintained at MIT. - [The Li Ang Archive](http://li-ang-english.blogspot.tw/#thome) v t e Feminism History Timeline First-wave Second-wave timeline Third-wave Fourth-wave Social Bicycling and feminism Feminist history Women's history Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) Women's suffrage Timeline Australia Canada Japan Kuwait Majority-Muslim countries New Zealand Switzerland United Kingdom Wales United States Timeline African-American States of Utah Virginia Wyoming Movements and ideologies Abortion-rights Analytical Anarchist Anti-abortion Anti-fascist Atheist Bodily integrity Carceral Conservative Cultural Cyber HCI Difference Eco Vegetarian Equality Eugenic Fat Global Hip hop Activism Individualist Intersectional Labor Lesbian Liberal Equity Lipstick Materialist Maternal Neo- New Post- Postcolonial Postmodern Post-structural Radical Reactionary Reproductive rights Separatism Sex workers' rights Sex-positive Sexual and reproductive health and rights Social Socialist Marxist Standpoint State Trans Transnational Victim Womanism Africana Women's liberation Religious Atheist Buddhist Christian Mormon New Womanist Asian Neopagan Dianic Wicca Reclaiming Ecofeminist Hindu Islamic Jewish Orthodox Sikh Ethnic and racial Black Chicana Indigenous Native American Sámi Jewish Mizrahi Romani White Concepts Antinaturalism Choice feminism Cognitive labor Conscription Complementarianism Literature Children's literature Diversity (politics) Diversity, equity, and inclusion Effects on society Equality Female education Female genital mutilation Femicide Transfemicide Femonationalism Femosphere Feminism in culture Feminist movement African-American Art movement In hip hop Formal equality Gender equality Gender quota Gender role Girl power Honor killing Ideal womanhood Invisible labor Internalized sexism International Girl's Day and Women's Day Language reform Feminist capitalism Gender-blind Likeability trap Male privilege Matriarchal religion Media Men in feminism Misogyny Transmisogyny Oedipus complex Opposition to feminism Pro-feminism Protofeminism Purplewashing Racism Reproductive justice Sentencing disparity Sex workers' rights Sexual harassment Sexual objectification Substantive equality Toxic masculinity Triple oppression Violence against women War on women Women's empowerment Women-only space Women's health Women's rights Women in the workforce Theory Complementarianism Gender studies Gender mainstreaming Gynocentrism Matriarchy Women's studies Kyriarchy Patriarchy Écriture féminine Economics Post-structuralist discourse analysis Method Oedipus complex Political theory Theology Thealogy Womanist Sexology Sociology Rhetoric Legal theory Art Art criticism Literary criticism Film theory Biology Political ecology Architecture Anthropology Archaeology Criminology Pathways perspective Geography Pedagogy Philosophy Aesthetics Empiricism Epistemology Ethics Justice ethics Existentialism Metaphysics Science Pornography Psychology Therapy Seriality International relations Existentialism Revisionist mythology Technoscience Science fiction Composition studies By country Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Mali Nigeria Senegal South Africa Albania Australia Balkans Bangladesh Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Haiti Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latin America Argentina Brazil Chile Honduras Mexico Paraguay Lebanon Malaysia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Northern Cyprus Norway Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia South Korea Sweden Syria Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Vietnam Ukraine United Kingdom United States History of women People Art critics Ecofeminist authors Economists Jewish Muslim Philosophers Parties Poets Rhetoricians Suffragists and suffragettes Women's rights activists Media Literature American Comic books Women's studies journals SCUM Manifesto (1967) Related LGBTQ movements Women in peacekeeping Feminism portal Category Index Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States France BnF data Japan Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Norway Taiwan Greece Korea Sweden Poland Israel Catalonia Academics CiNii People Trove 2 DDB Other IdRef Open Library Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Li Ang (writer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ang_(writer)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ang_(writer)?action=history)). 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