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Chiang Kuei | |||||||||
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| Born | Wang Lin-du (1908-10-10)October 10, 1908 | ||||||||
| Died | December 17, 1980(1980-12-17) (aged 72) | ||||||||
| Language | Chinese | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 姜貴 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 姜贵 | ||||||||
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| Wang Lin-du | |||||||||
| Chinese | 王林渡 | ||||||||
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Wang Lin-du (10 October 1908 – 17 December 1980), better known by hispen nameChiang Kuei, was a Chinese novelist active in Taiwan.
Chiang Kuei was born in mainland China. As a young man, he was influenced by theMay Fourth Movement (1919) and joined theKuomintang at age 18 inGuangzhou. He married at age 29, and attended college inBeijing. In 1937 he joined the Chinese army as an officer, and served for eight years in the war against Japan in the Northern campaign (Hebei,Henan,Anhui). His mother and adopted mother were both killed by theCommunists in 1945. He moved toTaiwan with theKuomintang in 1948.
Chiang Kuei wrote novels from the early 1950s to the late 1970s. His first and second novels are his best known works:The Whirlwind (written 1952, published 1959) andRival Suns (1961). Both are anti-communist; the first portrays Chinese communism in a rural setting, and the second within a city (Wuhan).
His third major novel wasThe Green Sea and the Blue Sky: A Nocturne (1964). It received little comment. A number of novels followed. Chiang Kuei lived in great poverty, and these books were mainly written for the money.
| Year (original) | Chinese title (traditional Chinese) | Translated English title | Translator |
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| 1952 | 旋風 | The Whirlwind[1] | Timothy A. Ross |
| 1961 | 重陽 | A Translation of the Chinese Novel Chung-yang (Rival Suns) by Chiang Kuei (1908-1980).Edwin Mellen Press. 1999.ISBN 0-7734-8188-5. | |
| 1977 | 護國寺的燕子 | "The Swallows of Hu-kuo Temple"[2] | Carlos G. Tee |
