17th International Conference on the Short Story in English
17 - 21 June, 2025
Writers - Surnames A
Irene Aguzzi
Irene Aguzzi holds an M.A. in English Literature with a creative writing thesis from McGill University. She is a member of the Quebec Writers’ Federation and PEN Canada. Her poetry, stories and non-fiction work have been published in anthologies.
C.J Anderson-Wu
C.J. ANDERSON-WU (吳介禎) is a Taiwanese writer who has published two collections about Taiwan's military dictatorship (1949–1987), known as the White Terror: Impossible to Swallow (2017) and The Surveillance (2020). Currently she is working on her third book Endangered Youth—to Hong Kong. Her works have been shortlisted for a number of international literary awards, including the Art of Unity Creative Award by the International Human Rights Art Festival. She also won the Strands Lit International Flash Fiction Competition, the Invisible City Blurred Genre Literature Competition, and the Wordweavers Literature Contest.
Li Ang
A native of Lukang, Taiwan, Li Ang holds a Master degree in Drama from Oregon State University, USA. Her works cover a wide range of themes, fearlessly and innovatively exploring topics such as love and desire, sexual violence, female sexuality, the cycle of life and death, political oppression, historical memory, trauma, and transformation. Recognized as a pioneering feminist writer in the Chinese-speaking world, Li Ang holds a unique place in global literature. In 2004, she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of Arts and Letters) by the French Ministry of Culture. Nobel laureate Kenzabur e praised her as one of the two best female writers in the Chinese language. Her novel The Butcher’s Wife has been translated into fifteen languages and adapted into both film and television. Additionally, seven of her other novels have been published in multiple languages.
International Conference on the Short Story in English 2025
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