Qiu Miaojin Writer

Chiu Miao-Chin (Qiu Miaojin) (Chinese: 邱妙津; May 29, 1969 – June 25, 1995) was a Taiwanese novelist. Her unapologetically lesbian sensibility has had a profound and lasting influence on queer literature in Taiwan.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 29, 1969
Birth place
Taiwan , Changhua County
Nationality
Taiwan
Date of deathJune 25, 1995
Place of death
Paris
Education
Taipei First Girls' High School
National Taiwan University
Paris 8 University

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Writer

Career start1989
Career end1995
genre
Autobiography
Literary fiction
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Qiu Miaojin on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://aaww.org/excerpt-qiu-miaojins-notes-of-a-crocodile
  2. http://intranslation.brooklynrail.org/chinese/notes-of-a-crocodile
  3. http://www.guernicamag.com/fiction/last-words-from-montmartre
  4. http://www.kyotojournal.org/the-journal/in-translation/notes-of-a-crocodile
  5. http://www.worldcat.org/title/transgender-china/oclc/830163605&referer=brief_results