Hsiao Sa (Xiao Sa) (Chinese: 蕭颯; pinyin: Xiāo Sà; Wade–Giles: Hsiao1 Sa4; born March 4, 1953) is the pen name of Hsiao Ching-yu/Hsiao Ch’ing-yü (Chinese: 蕭慶餘),[1] a Taiwanese educator and writer.[2][3]
Hsiao Sa's family was from Nanjing and went to Taiwan where she was born.[4] She studied at the Girl's Teacher Institute and then taught primary school in Taipei. Her first collection of stories was published when she was 17. Hsiao married director Chang Yi; the couple divorced in 1986.[2]
Her 1981 book Xiafei zhi jia (A family from Xiafei) was made into a 1985 film Wo zhe yang guo le yi sheng (The life of Guimei).[2] Her novella Wo er Hansheng was also made into a movie.[3]
Her work has received a number of literary awards,[1] as well as a Golden Horse Award for script writing.[3]
- ^ a b Duke, Michael S (2015). Worlds of Modern Chinese Fiction: Short Stories and Novellas from the People. Routledge. p. 489. ISBN 978-1317451457.
- ^ a b c Miller, Jane Eldridge (2002). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Psychology Press. p. 351. ISBN 0415159814.
- ^ a b c Ho, Clara Wing-chung (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women. Vol. 2. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 222–25. ISBN 0765607980.
- ^ 蕭颯（女）. 2007台灣作家作品目錄 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
作家： 蕭颯（女） 本名： 蕭慶餘 性別： 女 籍貫： 南京市 出生地： 臺北市 出生日期： 1953年3月4日