Wong Bik-Wan
Wong Bik-wan (Cantonese pronunciation) or Huang Biyun (Mandarin pronunciation, Traditional Chinese: 黃碧雲, Simplified Chinese:黄碧云; born 1961) is a Hong Kong writer. She has received multiple literary awards in Hong Kong,[1][2] and is cited in The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature as a major contemporary writer.[3]
Education and early career
Wong pursued her tertiary education in The Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring in Journalism and Communication. She then received her MA degree in Criminology under the Department of Sociology in The University of Hong Kong. Meanwhile, she also obtained a Diploma of Legal Studies in the HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education. Apart from her work as a fiction writer, she has worked as a reporter for The Standard (Hong Kong), as a legislative assistant, and as a screenwriter for a broadcasting company.
Writing style
Although her use of words and style often change with time, she still sticks to common themes like death, diseases, love and darkness. Some touch upon the year 1997 when Hong Kong was handed over to the People's Republic of China.[2]
Notable awards and recognition
| Year | Works | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| / | / | The 1st New Talent Award for Literature from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
| 1994 | 《溫柔與暴烈》Tenderness and Violence | The 3rd Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature in Fiction |
| 1996 | 《我們如此很好》 | The 4th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature in Essays |
| 1999 | 《烈女圖》 | 中國時報開卷十大好書獎（中文創作類） |
| 2000 | Fiction〈桃花紅〉(compiled in《無愛紀》) | 花蹤文學獎第一屆世界華文小說首獎 |
| 2000 | 《烈女圖》Portraits of Martyred Women | The 6th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature in Fiction |
| 2001 | 《無愛紀》 | 台灣聯合報讀書人最佳書獎（文學類） |
| 2003 | 《後殖民誌》 | 台灣聯合報讀書人最佳書獎 |
| 2012 | 《烈佬傳》 | The 12th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature in Fiction |
| 2014 | 《烈佬傳》 | The 5th Dream of the Red Chamber Award[4] |
Works
Novels and Short Stories
- 小城無故事 (1990, a compilation)
- 溫柔與暴烈 Tenderness and Violence (1994)
- 她是女子，我也是女子 I'm a Woman, She is also a Woman(1994)
- 七宗罪 (1997)
- 突然我記起你的臉 (1998)
- 烈女圖 Portraits of Martyred Women (1999)
- 七種靜默 (2000)
- 媚行者 (2000)
- 十二女色 (2000)
- 無愛紀 (2001)
- 血卡門 (2001)
- 其後 (2004)
- 沉默暗啞微小 (2004)
- 末日酒店 Doomsday Hotel(2011)
- 烈佬傳 (2012)
- 微喜重行 (2014)
Prose and Essays
- 揚眉女子 (1987)
- 我們如此很好 (1996)
- 又喊又笑——阿婆口述歷史(1999, a compilation)
- 後殖民誌 (2003)
References
- ↑ Hong Kong Public Library - Ms. Wong Bik-wan (Writer)
- 1 2 "黃碧雲、鍾曉陽：重寫與重行". Wen Wei Po.
- ↑ Kang-i Sun Chang; Stephen Owen (2010). The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature: From 1375. Cambridge University Press. p. 691. ISBN 978-0-521-85559-4.
- ↑ The Dream of the Red Chamber Award : The World's Distinguished Novel in Chinese
Further reading
- Janet Ng. "Writing from the Obverse: Wong Bik-Wan's Fiction and Nostalgia in Hong Kong". Modern Chinese Literature and Culture. Vol. 20, No. 1 (SPRING, 2008), pp. 44-71.
- Mirana May Szeto. "Intra-Local and Inter-Local Sinophone: Rhizomatic Politics of Hong Kong Writers Saisai and Wong Bik-wan". In Shu-mei Shih, ed. (2013). Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader. Columbia University Press. pp. 191–206. ISBN 978-0-231-15751-3.
- Li-hua Ying (2009). Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature. Scarecrow Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-0-8108-7081-9.