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Hsing Chia-hui
Native name
幸佳慧
Born(1973-08-15)August 15, 1973
Tainan, Taiwan
DiedOctober 16, 2019(2019-10-16) (aged 46)
Tainan, Taiwan
OccupationWriter
CitizenshipRepublic of China
EducationNational Cheng Kung University,
University of Surrey,
Newcastle University

Hsing Chia-hui (Chinese: 幸佳慧; August 15, 1973 – October 16, 2019),[1] also known as Arlene Hsing, was a Taiwanese children's book author.

Biography

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Hsing was born in Tainan in 1973.[1][2] She graduated from National Cheng Kung University's Department of Chinese Language and earned a master's degree in children's literature from the University of Surrey, with a thesis titled Ambiguity in Postmodern Metafictive Picturebooks.[2][3] She earned a doctorate degree in children's literature from Newcastle University.[2] Her dissertation was titled Gained in Translation: The Effects of Translators' Gender on English-language Children's Literature as Translated in China and Taiwan.[4]

Hsing worked as a reporter for Minsheng Daily and as an editor at a publishing house.[2] She established the Hulu Alley Reading Association in Tainan, to promote reading, and ran the children's reading room at the main branch of the Tainan Public Library [zh].[1][2]

Hsing was recognized for her contributions to Taiwanese children's literature, including writing, researching, and translating works.[1] In 2019, she was awarded a Special Contributions Award at the Ministry of Culture's Golden Tripod Awards, Taiwan's highest publishing industry honour.[2] The jury noted that her works often addressed issues not typically found in Taiwanese children's literature,[1][2] such as her last book, 蝴蝶朵朵 (Duoduo the Butterfly), which examined childhood sexual abuse.[1][5]

In late 2018, Hsing was diagnosed with ampullary cancer.[6] She died on October 16, 2019, at the age of 46.[2]

Selected works

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  • 家有125 (The Family Has 125), 2007 ISBN 9789864179176
  • 希望小提琴 (Violin of Hope), 2012 ISBN 9789862169438
  • 大鬼小鬼图书馆 (Big Ghost Little Ghost Library), 2016 ISBN 9787564527785
  • 亲爱的 (My Dear), 2018 ISBN 9789862164204
  • 蝴蝶朵朵 (Duoduo the Butterfly), 2019 ISBN 9789578423763

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Children's Author | Arlene Hsing". Taiwan Ministry of Culture. 2019-10-18. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h 吳協昌 (2019-10-17). "幸佳慧傾力貢獻兒童文學 16日病逝享年46歲". CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. ^ Hsing, Chia-hui (2004). Ambiguity in Postmodern Metafictive Picturebooks. University of Surrey Roehampton.
  4. ^ Hsing, Chia-hui (2012). Gained in Translation: The Effects of Translators' Gender on English-language Children's Literature as Translated in China and Taiwan. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
  5. ^ 陳昌遠 (2019-10-18). "【告別幸佳慧】用愛說再見 兒童文學作家幸佳慧癌逝". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  6. ^ 石見庸 (2019-08-12). ""Golden Tripod Award Special Contribution Award" winner Hsing Chia-hui interview: "Finding light for hurt children is the artist's responsibility"". Openbook閱讀誌 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
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