Kao Yi-feng
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Kao Yi-feng | |
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| Born | September 10, 1973 Toufen City, Miaoli County, Taiwan |
| Occupation | Writer, director |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Alma mater | Chinese Culture University |
Kao Yi-feng (Chinese: 高翊峰; born 10 September 1973) is a Taiwanese novelist, screenwriter and director.[1] His work includes references to Hakka language and Hakka culture.[2]
Kao Yi-feng was born in Miaoli County. Before becoming a writer, he worked as a dancer, a bartender, and as the editor of a fashion magazine. He studied law at university.[1]
His first short story was published in 2002, and in 2003 Kao and seven other authors formed a group called "Novelist Reader", which aimed to promote contemporary literature by stunts like writing on bookshop windows and printing novels on fast food tray paper.[1]
Kao's first novel, Phantom Asylum, came out in 2012. His second book, War of the Bubbles, followed in 2014. It was translated into French in 2017.[1]
In 2016, Kao and the manga artist Ke You-xi attended the Frankfurt Book Fair as part of the Taiwanese delegation.[2]
Reception
In 2012, Unitas Publishing Company named Kao one of the 20 most-anticipated Chinese novelists under 40. He has also won the Wu Chuo-liu Literary Prize and Lin Rung-san Literary Prize.[1]