Author Yang Shuang-zi has thanked her home country for giving her the inspiration for her historical fiction novel "Taiwan Travelogue," which last month won the prestigious U.S. National Book Award. On Tuesday, Yang was also presented with a National Cultural Award in Taipei.
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00:00Celebrated author Yang Shuangzi has thanked her home country for inspiring her novel Taiwan
00:06Travelogue after receiving a National Cultural Award in Taipei.
00:11文学乍看没有实质的功能性与生产力。这是一个国家文化的具体展现,指向我们作为同一个生活共同体的核心关怀。谢谢台湾,是台湾让我写出这样的作品。
00:27Last month, Yang, along with her English translator Lin King, became the first people from Taiwan to win the prestigious U.S. National Book Award.
00:37Yang's novel Taiwan Travelogue is a work of historical fiction set in 1938 during Taiwan's Japanese colonial period.
00:46It explores colonialism and power dynamics and how they shape the story's central female relationship.