Qiu Miaojin

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Qiu Miaojin ( 邱 妙 津 ; born May 29, 1969 in Changhua County ; † June 25, 1995 in Paris ) was a Taiwanese writer .

Life

Her resolute stance on female homosexuality had a major impact on this literary genre in Taiwan. She first attended the Premier High School for Girls in Taipei, and then studied psychology at National Taiwan University . She worked as a consultant and then as a journalist for the weekly magazine Der Journalist . In 1994 she moved to Paris and began studying clinical psychology and feminism at the University of Paris VIII. She allegedly died of suicide, allegedly stabbing herself with a kitchen knife.

Awards

She received the China Times Literature Prize in 1995 for her best-known work, The Crocodile's Record .

Works (selection)

  • Records of a crocodile (鱷魚 手記Èyú shǒujì , 1994)
  • The suicide note from Montmartre (蒙馬特 遺書Méngmǎtè yíshū , 1996)
  • Journal 1989–1995 , diaries two volumes, (邱 妙 津 日記Qīu Miàojīn rìjì , 2007)
  • Contributions to Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan , University of Hawaii Press, 2003, ISBN 0824826523

literature

  • Tze-Lan D. Sang: The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China , University of Chicago Press, January 2003, ISBN 0226734803
  • Jens Damm: Homosexuality and Society in Taiwan 1945 to 1995 , LIT Verlag Münster, 2003, ISBN 3-8258-6674-2
personal data
SURNAME Qiu Miaojin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Taiwanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Changhua County
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1995
Place of death Paris