Hsiao Sa Explained
Hsiao Sa (Xiao Sa) (; born March 4, 1953) is the pen name of Hsiao Ching-yu/Hsiao Ch’ing-yü, a Taiwanese educator and writer.[1]
Hsiao Sa's family was from Nanjing and went to Taiwan where she was born.[2] She studied at the Girl's Teacher Institute and then taught primary school in Taipei. Her first collection of stories was published when she was 17. Hsiao married director Chang Yi; the couple divorced in 1986.
Her 1981 book Xiafei zhi jia (A family from Xiafei) was made into a 1985 film Wo zhe yang guo le yi sheng (The life of Guimei).[3] Her novella Wo er Hansheng was also made into a movie.[1]
Her work has received a number of literary awards,[4] as well as a Golden Horse Award for script writing.[1]
Selected works
Source:[3]
- Chinese: 《日光夜景》 (Night scenes in daylight), short stories (1977)
- Chinese: 《小葉》 (1980)
- Chinese: 《我兒漢生》 (My son Hansheng), novella (1981)
- Chinese: 《少年阿辛》 (The youth Ahxin), novel (1984)
- Chinese: 《返鄉劄記》 (Diaries of homecoming), novel (1987)[1]
Notes and References
- Book: Ho, Clara Wing-chung . Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women . 2 . 222–25 . 2003 . 0765607980 . M.E. Sharpe .
- Web site: http://www3.nmtl.gov.tw/Writer2/writer_detail.php?id=2399. zh:蕭颯（女）. zh-tw. 27 October 2019 . 2007台灣作家作品目錄. 作家： 蕭颯（女） 本名： 蕭慶餘 性別： 女 籍貫： 南京市 出生地： 臺北市 出生日期： 1953年3月4日.
- Book: Miller, Jane Eldridge . Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing . 351 . 2002 . Psychology Press . 0415159814.
- Book: Duke, Michael S . Worlds of Modern Chinese Fiction: Short Stories and Novellas from the People . 489 . 2015 . Routledge . 978-1317451457.
