Bai Xianyong

Bai Xianyong (August 16, 1937 -), a writer and playwright of the Republic of China, was born in Guilin, Guangxi. His father was Bai Chongxi, a first-level general of the Republic of China. Due to his father's work, he moved to Taiwan with the government when he was young, and his works also have a lot of color from the times before and after the government moved to Taiwan. His representative works include the novel collection "Taipei People" and "The New Yorker", the novel "Evil Son" and the essay "Tree Like This", etc. He is an important creator in the Chinese literary world in the 20th century and has been unanimously praised by many well-known writers and critics such as Yu Guangzhong and Xia Zhiqing. His masterpiece "Taipei Man" ranked seventh among the "Top 100 Chinese Novels of the 20th Century" selected by Asia Weekly, the highest ranking among living writers, and one of the best Chinese novels in the second half of the 20th century. In recent years, he has written fewer novels and has turned his energy to writing book reviews and the revitalization of Kun Opera. His recent works include several biographies of his father Bai Chongxi and an introduction to "A Dream of Red Mansions".