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March 8, 2014
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Literature of Taiwan

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Literature of Taiwan is different from literature of China |Chinese literature, but many books popular in China are also popular in Taiwan.



In fact, with the establishment of the Communist regime in China in 1949, books from China were not often published in Taiwan and books from Taiwan were not often published in China. In 1986, the first novel, Three Kings, witten by a mainland Chinese writer, Ah Cheng, was openly published as such in Taiwan.

Some books from China still found their way into Taiwan before 1986 by different ways. As pirate editions, under both a different title and a pseudonym for the author, under a different title, but with the author's name unchanged, under a pseudonym but with the title unchanged, or altered by changes in the text itself.



Often books which have a movie based on them sell well in Taiwan. The Harry Potter |Harry Potter Series are popular and so are Bridget Jones's Diary. Some non-western popular books are The Hooligan Professor, ????????????, by Lin Jian-long ?????????, and Big Hospital Small Doctor ??????????????????, by Hou Wun-yong ?????????. Both were adapted for television. Other popular non-literary works included books on mastering English language|English and attaining success.



Magazines are extremely popular in Taiwan.

Some important financial magazines are CommonWealth ????????????, Wealth ??????, Smart ????????????, and Business Next ????????????. The most notable financial magazine is definitely is the Business Weekly ????????????. It enjoyed the highest advertising earnings in 2002 and received awards in 2003 for its coverage of financial and Tiwan/China news.

Magazines aimed at women, Chinese editions of foreign magazines, or local magazines, have high sales. The Chinese edition of magazines like Vogue ????????????, Elle ???, Marie Claire ????????????, Shape ?????????, and Ef ?????? compete with local magazines such as Baby and Mother ???????????????, Bella ??????, Mom Baby ????????????, and Baby Life ????????????.

There are also many magazines for people interested in computors. Widely read magazines are PC Home ????????????, for people less skilled with computors, PC Office ??????????????? for office workers, and PC Gamer ???????????? for video game enthusiasts.

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  • Culture of Taiwan

  • List of Taiwanese authors

  • National Museum of Taiwanese Literature





  • http://lit.ncl.edu.tw/ Contemporary Authors Full-Text & Image System 當代文學史料影像全文系統 (in Chinese characters)

  • http://nacrp.cic.sfu.ca/nacrp/articles/haddonmm/haddonmmtext.html Mimesis and Motivation in Taiwan Colonial Fiction

  • http://www.nmtl.gov.tw/ National Museum of Taiwanese Literature

  • http://www.poem.com.tw/ On-line Alliance of Taiwan's Modern Poetry 臺灣現代詩網路聯盟 (in Chinese characters)

  • http://members.aol.com/Jpatersn/dragon/twfic.htm Taiwan Fiction in Translation

  • http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/2001/chpt24.htm Taiwanese Literature (gio.gov.tw)

  • http://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/projects/fswlc/tlsd/research/journalindex.html Taiwan Literature - English Translation Series (journal)

  • http://nacrp.cic.sfu.ca/nacrp/articles/haddon1990/haddontext.html Taiwan Xiangtu (Hsiangtu) Wenxue (Taiwan Nativist Literature): the Sojourner-Narrator

  • http://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/projects/fswlc/tlsd/dbindex.html UCSB Taiwanese Literature Database

  • http://www.honco.net/os/nbr_04.html honco newspaper

  • http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/brief/info04_14.html goverment website

  • http://ecommerce.taipeitimes.com/yearbook2004/P255.htm taipetimes

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Category:Literature by nationality|Taiwan

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