平路
Ping Lu (平路) is one of the most prominent contemporary authors writing in the Chinese language, winning the National Award for Arts in 2022, Taiwan Literature Golden Award in 2021 for The Gaps, Golden Tripod Awards in 2018 for Heart Mandala, and the Wu San-lien Art Awards in 2016. Her novels, Love and Revolution, The Story of Teresa, and The River Darkens, and short story collections have been translated into English, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Czech…etc.
She graduated from Taiwan National University with a bachelor degree in psychology and obtained a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Iowa, USA. In terms of creativity, writing skills and choice of theme, her works are trailblazing and travels across time and space, discussing society, culture, gender, politics, history, human rights..etc.