Lin Wenyue (; 5 September 1933 – 26 May 2023) was a Taiwanese scholar, writer, translator, and professor.
Biography Lin was born in Shanghai in 1933, with her ancestral home in Changhua County. Lin primarily studied at a Japanese school. Her grandfather, Lien Heng, was a historian, who was Vice President Lien Chan's grandfather.
In 1946, Lin went to Taiwan with her family. In 1952, Lin was accepted to National Taiwan University. After graduation, she worked in Taiwan University as a teacher. Lin married Guo Yulun () in 1957 in Taiwan. She started to publish books in 1960.
In 1969, Lin went to study Japanese literature at Kyoto University in Japan.
In 1989, Lin went to the United States and was a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. From 1993 to 1999, Lin was a professor at Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and Charles University.
Lin died in Oakland, California on 26 May 2023, at the age of 89.前輩作家林文月安詳辭世 宛若六朝風華人物典範 Republished as:
Works Prose works Yaoyuan () Chat () Schoolroom In the afternoon () Diet Diary ()
Biography Biography of Lian Heng ()
Translations The Pillow Book () Izumi Shikibu's Diary () The Tale of Genji () The Tales of Ise () Thirteen Nights ()
Awards Yaoyuan () – 5th Zhongxing Literature and Art Award Schoolroom In the afternoon () – 9th China Times Literature Award Chat () – 14th National Literature and Art Award (1988) The Tale of Genji () – 19th National Literature and Art Award (1994) Diet Diary () – 3rd Taipei Literature Award
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