Chen Ruoxi

Chen Ruoxi

Chen Ruoxi was born in 1938. Graduated from Foreign Languages Department of Taiwan University. Master of writing, Johns Hopkins University, USA.

In 1960, he founded modern literature magazine with Bai Xianyong and Wang Wenxing. He is famous for his realistic novels. The association of overseas Chinese women writers was founded in 1989. He returned to Taiwan in 1995 and is now the vice president of the Taiwan columnist Association. He is also a member and volunteer of the wilderness protection association.

Life of the characters

Chen Ruoxi was born in 1938 to a carpenter family in Taiwan.

In 1957, she graduated from Beiyi girls' middle school and studied in the Foreign Languages Department of Taiwan University. She liked writing novels. In 1960, she founded modern literature magazine with Bai Xianyong, Ou Yangzi and Wang Wenxing. She was famous for her realistic novels in the literary world and studied in the United States after graduation. First, he was recommended by Michael McCarthy, director of the U.S. information service, and went to holick College for further study. Then he went to the writing Department of Johns Hopkins University in Maryland for further study.

In 1966, with his husband Duan Shiyao and his family, he went to China to settle down. Many friends advised her to think twice, but she still insisted on going. It happened that she suffered a lot from the cultural revolution. Fortunately, she had a background of American nationality, but she did not suffer more.

In 1969, he taught in Nanjing Hehai University.

In 1973, he left China and moved to Hong Kong as an English teacher of the new law college. The next year he moved to Canada as a bank clerk. During this period, she wrote a series of novels, county magistrate Yin, which was published by Taiwan vision publishing house in 1976. She wrote as a client. The content was so horrible and cool that it was far beyond people's imagination.

In 1979, he immigrated to the United States at the invitation of the China Center of the University of California, Berkeley. The Meili Island incident occurred in Taiwan at the end of 1979.

On January 8, 1980, Chen Ruoxi returned to Taiwan from the United States with a letter signed by scholars and writers in the United States. She presented to the then President Jiang Jingguo the worries of overseas scholars about the incident and pleaded for the pro democracy activists in the Kaohsiung Incident. She believed that the incident was "before violence, then violence".

In 1983, he was a guest lecturer in the Department of Oriental linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.

In May 1985, he met with Hu Yaobang in Beijing, which caused a sensation.

In 1989, she founded the association of overseas Chinese women writers and was elected its first president.

In 1994, he was hired by Sunday weekly to work in Hong Kong.

In 1995, he returned to Taiwan and became a resident writer of Central University and a professor of Tzu Chi Medical College.

In 1999, he was selected as one of the 12 cross century writers by the world supplement of China times.

In 2000, he became a writer in Nantou County. From 2001 to 2004, he served as the Secretary General of the copyright owners' Association in Taiwan, China. His achievements were remarkable, with a surplus of more than NT $100 million.

In 2006, he became a resident writer of National Taipei University of science and technology.

In 2007, he was elected president of the Chinese women's Writing Association, vice president of the columnist Association, and chairman of the art and culture train of the silver hair Association.

Main works

The movies I've been involved in

Chen Ruoxi

Lovelorn (1987)

Works related to the sophistication of people in the United States, Taiwan and Mainland China

Breakthrough

Vision

Erhu

Paper marriage

Outside the city

Sorrow of Wang Zuo

Guizhou women

Works in Taiwan

Daughter's home

Creating a paradise of peach blossom

Aunt Qingshui goes home

Secrets of the perfect husband

Award winning record

She has won the Zhongshan prize for literature and art, the United Daily special prize for novels and Wu Sanlian prize for literature and art. He has a collection of short stories, such as Yin county magistrate and the secret of the perfect husband; a collection of novels, such as breakthrough, foresight and huixinlian; a collection of essays, such as prairie trip and essays on life; and an autobiography, insistence and no regret: Chen Ruoxi's seventy years of autobiography.

When she was 28 years old, in order to pursue socialism in her heart, she and her husband resolutely came to the mainland of China for seven years, during which she experienced the cultural revolution. Later, after wandering in the United States and other places for more than 20 years, she left her family and returned to Taiwan alone, hoping to make contributions to her hometown.

Zhongshan Art Award

United Daily special novel Award

Wu Sanlian Literature Award

Wu zhuolung Literature Award

First autobiography

On the afternoon of September 30, Chen Ruoxi, a female writer, held a press conference in Taipei for her new book "persistence without regret: Chen Ruoxi's 70 year autobiography". The famous writer Bai Xianyong (right) comes to congratulate the old students of Taiwan University. Chen Ruoxi was born in Zhonghe, Taipei in 1938. After graduating from the Department of foreign languages at National Taiwan University, she studied in the United States and obtained a master's degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University. He returned to Chinese mainland in 1966 and lived in Hongkong in 1973. He moved to Canada and the United States, and settled in Taipei in recent years. His works have been translated into English, German, Japanese, French and Norwegian.

Chen Ruoxi's first autobiography, insistence without regret: Chen Ruoxi's 70 year autobiography, was officially published in Taiwan on the 30th.

The new book press conference was held in a nostalgic "Star Cafe" on Wuchang road in Taipei.

Chen Ruoxi introduced to the cultural circles who came to the press conference: "I wrote this book with the belief that if I don't write, I will write honestly."

Chen Ruoxi's book "persistence without regret" published by Taiwan's Jiuge publishing house, takes events as the outline and looks back on Chen Ruoxi's childhood in Zhonghe and Yongkang street, the February 28 incident he saw with his own eyes, his pursuit of a student career and his emotional belonging. They married Duan Shiyao, their husband in Taiwan, when they were studying in the United States. After graduation, they returned to the mainland of China, which they yearned for, on the proposal of their husband. They also went through seven years of "Cultural Revolution" career. The third and fifth chapters of the book describe Chen Ruoxi's study in the United States and her life in the United States and Canada. The memories of Hu Yaobang's reception are full of emotion.

interview

The dream of a legendary woman writer and journalist

Yesterday, Chen Ruoxi, who came to Nanchang to attend the second China (Nanchang) International Chinese writer tengwangge pen conference, received an exclusive interview with our reporter. From her slow narration, the reporter learned the tortuous and legendary life story of this woman writer.

I haven't seen Chen Ruoxi, so I read her resume first. I thought that a writer with such a legendary experience would be a noble and full personality woman. However, when I first met Chen Ruoxi at Badashanren memorial hall, I was surprised that her easygoing and simple, short gray hair, hearty laughter, and kind words with a little Minnan flavor had brought us closer.

Learning that the reporter will interview her, Chen Ruoxi readily agrees and laughs that her original ideal is to be a reporter and take responsibility for the society. "It's a pity that there was no journalism department in Taiwan University at that time. It's really a pity that we didn't get what we wanted."

"Cultural revolution makes me grow up"

Chen Ruoxi first talked about her life experience in the mainland. In 1966, Chen Ruoxi came to the mainland with her husband as a student studying in the United States. At that time, it was during the cultural revolution, and many people said that she was "asking for hardship".

Looking back now, Chen Ruoxi is very calm: "at that time, she could accept all her sufferings. It was not her own destiny, but her own judgment and choice. It can be said that the experience of the cultural revolution has made me grow up. " She said that she was born in the period of Japanese colonial rule and had a strong national consciousness. After the war, she was educated to "take the world as her duty.". Therefore, she believes that China is the hometown and motherland, and it is natural for her to learn and serve the country.

Those unforgettable days also had a great impact on Chen Ruoxi's future creation. The release of a series of documentary novels describing the "Cultural Revolution" such as "county magistrate Yin" and "Geng ER in Beijing" established her position in the literary world.

Huajia returns to her hometown by herself

After the "Cultural Revolution", Chen Ruoxi wandered in the United States, Canada and other places for more than 20 years. At that time, at the age of 57, she made the second major decision in her life - to return to Taiwan and serve her hometown.

However, because her husband wanted to provide for the aged in the United States, they once had differences. Even at the point of breaking up, Chen Ruoxi still insisted on her belief that she must return to Taiwan. "It's very simple. This is my hometown. There's no reason why I don't care."

After returning to Taiwan alone, Chen Ruoxi has always kept her promise of caring for the society with actions. From writing, protecting ecology to fighting for women's rights, Chen Ruoxi embodies the conscience of intellectuals.

"Adhere to the ideal, no regrets"

Although she is in her twilight years, Chen Ruoxi still keeps on writing. She just turned 70 this year, and published her first autobiography "persistence without regret: Chen Ruoxi's 70 year autobiography". In the past decades, most of her life has been on the page. She does not indulge, indulge or sigh too much in her works. On the contrary, her rhythm is bright and her plot is very clear.

Chen Ruoxi said frankly that now her mentality is like the title of this book, because she adheres to her ideal, so she has no regrets. "Sometimes I think about a little regret, that is to say, we love each other and share weal and woe. We can't live together forever, but mutual respect is also very good. Moreover, I feel very happy when I am in Taiwan with my compatriots and my parents in my hometown, so I don't regret it. " She said with a smile that she is now "light without marriage" and that her life is free and full.

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