Taiwanese author Li Ang (李昂) is scheduled to participate at the Atlantide Literature Festival, which began yesterday and ends on Sunday in the French city of Nantes, the Ministry of Culture said.
Li Ang is to present the French version of her latest short story collection Passion Foods (鴛鴦春膳), which comprises eight pieces that explore Taiwanese heritage through food — including curry rice and beef noodle soup — while reflecting on Taiwan's political and social developments over the past century, the ministry said in a statement earlier this week.
Li would also hold a book signing and meet-and-greet event, the statement said.
Photo: Pan Shao-tang, Taipei Times
The 13th Atlantide Literature Festival brings together 57 writers from 25 countries, offering more than 90 activities themed on social justice, poetic language, gender and environmental issues among others, it said.
One of the most progressive literary festivals of its kind, Atlantide is committed to defending freedom of expression and imagination, it said.
The festival is to host an "Anti-Censorship Evening" event showcasing obscure or overlooked literary works that were censored shortly after their publication, underscoring the power of writing as a means of free expression, the ministry said.
Li, born Shih Shu-tuan (施淑端) in Changhua County's Lukang Township (鹿港), is perhaps best known for her feminist novels.
Some of Li's most notable works include the 1983 novel The Butcher's Wife (殺夫) and the 1997 short story Beigang Incense Burner of Lust (北港香爐人人插).
She has won several major Taiwanese awards, including the Lai Ho Literary Award and the Wu San-lien Literary Award.
In 2004, she became the first Taiwanese writer to be made a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and Communications.
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