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Lien Chao | She is an award-winning
Canadian critic and creative writer. Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang,
China, she came to Canada in 1984 to pursue her graduate studies
at York University in Toronto. She completed her MA in 1986 and
her PhD in English in 1995. Her groundbreaking PhD thesis, Beyond
Silence: Chinese Canadian Literature in English was published
in 1997 and won the Gabrielle Roy Award for Canadian Criticism.
She writes in both English and
Chinese in various genres and fields including literary criticism,
art criticism, creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
She is a member of the Writers'
Union of Canada; a Director for the Canadian Foundation for Asian
Culture (Central Ontario), and a board member for the Chinese
Pen Society of Canada.
Her publication include:
- The Chinese Knot and Other
Stories. TSAR Publications, 2008.
- Peng Ma: Chinese Brush Painting.
TSAR Publications, 2008.
- Wang Dehui: Oil and Chinese
Brush Paintings. TSAR Publications, 2008.
- China-Canada Friendship Sculpture
Garden. Beijing Foreign Language Press, 2004
- More Than Skin Deep. TSAR
Publications, 2004.
- Strike the Wok: An Anthology
of Contemporary Chinese Canadian Fiction. With Jim Wong-Chu;
with a preface by Lien Chao. TSAR Publications, 2003.
- Tiger Girl (Hu Nü): A
Creative Memoir. TSAR Publications, 2001.
- Maples and the Stream: A Narrative
Poem. TSAR Publications, 1999.
- A Collection of Ma Peng's
Chinese Brush Paintings. Taiwan Dynasty, 1997.
- Beyond Silence: Chinese Canadian
Literature in English. TSAR Publications, 1997
Related Links:
Lien Chao
website
TSAR Publications
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