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Professor Chang Show-foong appointed HKU School of Chinese Writer for the year 2014

14 Feb 2014

 

Under the Writer-in-Residence Scheme in the School of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong, each year a writer of high renown is invited to come over to the School and to engage in a variety of activities, which include giving a public lecture, meeting the media, conducting seminars and serving as adjudicator for the creative writing competition. The main objective of this initiative is to foster students' interest in and further their knowledge of literature.

Professor Chang Show-foong is the Writer for the year 2014 and an exhibition entitled "The Aesthetic World of Chang Show-foong", which will showcase her creative works, will be held in the Hong Kong University Main Library during the period February 17 to March 3, 2014.

At the exhibition’s opening ceremony, to be held on February 17 (Monday), Professor Chang will deliver an address and students will do recitations. Details are as follows:

Date:    February 17, 2014 (Monday)

Time:   6:00 p.m.

Venue: Atrium, G/F, Main Library, HKU

For arrangement of interview with Professor Chang and enquiries, please contact Miss Alice Sze (tel: 39175174; email: szecw@hku.hk )

Professor Chang Show-Foong

Professor Chang Show-Foong (張曉風) was born in Jinhua County, Jiangsu Province. She immigrated to Taiwan in 1949 and graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature, Soochow University in 1962. She was a professor at Soochow University, Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Center of General Education, National Yang-Ming University.  

Professor Chang is a prolific researcher and writer, she occasionally wrote essays and novels, under pan names including Show Foong(曉風), Sang Ke(桑科), and Ke Po(可叵). On the Other Side of the Carpet (地毯的那一端) was her break-out book, publish at the age of 25. Her youth of pure love and passion transformed into beautiful words to describe nature and life was well received by readers. Her literary works include: Zhang Xiaofeng Prose Collection (曉風散文集), After Walking Down the Red Carpet (步下紅毯之後), Eternal Happiness (再生緣), Present (我在), From Your Beautiful River (從你美麗的流域), The Jade Mind (玉想), The Temperature of This Cup of Coffee is Perfect (這杯咖啡的溫度剛好), Your Profile Is So Beautiful (你的側影好美), and All the Stars Are Here (星星都已經到齊了), etc. The collections are: Xiaofeng Literary Collection (曉風創作集), Xiaofeng Literary Self-Collection (曉風自選集), and Xiaofeng Special Collection (曉風精選集).

Professor Chang has used her literary work to support society. She wrote children’s and reportage literature. She, Yu Guangzhong, and others in literary and academic circles, formed the “Alliance for Saving Chinese Education (搶救國文教育聯盟)”. They began the gentle social movement to speak aggressively of their concerns through the media. They advocated the revolution of the educational system, including increasing the ratio and hours of classical Chinese teaching.