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Photo by Joseph Yeh / culture.tw
World-renowned fiction writer Kenneth
Hsien-yung Pai speaks during a press
conference held in Taipei yesterday. |
A selection of the best works of Modern Literature Magazine, founded by internationally-acclaimed author Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai, was published by the writer's alma mater National Taiwan University yesterday.
Together with the series of books, a DVD set featuring seminars on interpreting the literary world of the top Chinese-language fiction writer also hit the market simultaneously to allow Pai's devotees a better look at his works and life.
"The periodical was the fruitful result of professors and students in National Taiwan University some decades ago," said Pai yesterday in a press conference held in Taipei. He added that he is overjoyed to see publication of selected works of the magazine he founded in 1960.
Modern Literature Magazine played an important role in shaping the Chinese-language literary world by introducing many of the most famous writers of the period, Pai noted.
The periodical was also unique for its systematic translation and introduction of literary theories from the West and foreign writers to readers in Taiwan. The periodical was founded in March 1960 by Pai and his classmates in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures of NTU. The periodical ceased publication in 1984 after a run of 73 issues.
The newly-published selections book series consists of a total of five books, including three on novellas, one on prose and one on poems, all chosen from past issues of the magazine.
In addition, an 8-disc DVD set entitled "Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai's World of the Arts and Humanities" was also released yesterday. The set presents a two-day seminar on Pai held on 2008 which featured scholars studying Pai, movie producers, Pai's friends and Pai himself.
Hsiang Jieh, director of the NTU Press, which is responsible for the publication of both the books and DVD, said that he believes both will be classics and deserve to be handed down from generation to generation.
Written by Joseph Yeh / culture.tw
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