Xiao Sa
Xiao Sa (Chinese: 蕭颯; Wade–Giles: Hsiao Sa; born 1953) is the pen name of Xiao Qingyu (Chinese: 蕭慶餘),[1] a Taiwan-Chinese educator and writer.[2][3]
She was born in Nanjing and went to Taiwan with her parents shortly after she was born. 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. Xiao married director Zhang Yi; the couple divorced in 1986.[2]
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).[2] Her novella Wo er Hansheng was also made into a movie.[3]
Her work has received a number of literary awards,[1] as well as a Golden Horse Award for script writing.[3]
Selected works[2]
- Riguang yejing (Night scenes in daylight), short stories (1977)
- Wo er Hansheng (My son Hansheng), novella (1981)
- Shaonian Ahxin (The youth Ahxin), novel (1984)
- Fan-hsiang cha-chi (Diaries of homecoming), novel (1987)[3]
External links
- Sa Hsiao at the Internet Movie Database
References
- 1 2 Duke, Michael S (2015). Worlds of Modern Chinese Fiction: Short Stories and Novellas from the People. p. 489. ISBN 1317451457.
- 1 2 3 4 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2002). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 351. ISBN 0415159814.
- 1 2 3 4 Ho, Clara Wing-chung (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women. Volume 2. pp. 222–25. ISBN 0765607980.
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