Date | 02. 15.2025 (Sat.) 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Venue | Tina Keng Gallery (1F, No. 15, Lane 548, Ruiguang Road., Neihu District, Taipei)
Participants | Chiang Yomei (The author), Gou Zhen Zhu (The writer)
Collaborator | INK Literary Monthly Publishing Ltd.
◎ The talk will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese only.
◎ Free entry, available on a first come first served basis (RSVP suggested). Admission begins at 2:00 p.m.
◎ Registration link: https://forms.gle/4ycx2o65ASNY53wt5
◎ Read more about the exhibition "Chiang Yomei: Where I Rest My Heart": https://www.tinakenggallery.com/en/exhibitions/251/
Join us on February 15th (Sat.) for the book launch of “Midnight on Fish Mountain”, jointly hosted by Tina Keng Gallery and INK Literary Monthly Publishing Ltd. The well-known writer Gou Zhen Zhu will join Chiang Yomei, the author of "Midnight on Fish Mountain," for a discussion on the content of the new book.
About the Participants |
Chiang Yomei(The author)
Chiang Yomei was born in 1961, Taipei, Taiwan. She is born to a Chinese-Russian father and a Chinese-German mother. After completing high school in Taiwan, Chiang started years of academic endeavor abroad, from studying art and literature at the Skidmore College in New York (1978 – 1980), to obtaining a bachelor of arts degree in the history and theory of art and English literature from the University of Kent in Canterbury (1981 – 1984), pursuing the history of Chinese painting and ceramics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London (1985 – 1986), and completing a bachelor of fine art degree from the Winchester School of Art (1991 – 1994). In the early 1990's, she met the poet-painter-calligrapher Chu Ge, a prominent member of the pioneering Fifth Moon Group, who has had a lasting influence on her life and work. Chiang has exhibited internationally and published some poetry as “In Vishnu’s Dream,” “Every Now and then a Solitary Bell,” and “Midnight on Fish Mountain” etc.
Gou Zhen Zhu (The writer)
Gou Zhen Zhu is a Taiwanese novelist, poet, and essayist. She received the 1st prize for the Lin Rong San Literary Award for poetry and prose, the 1st prize for Filming Taipei Screenplay Competition Award, and Yazhou Zhoukan's Top Ten Chinese Novels. She is a lecturer at the National Taiwan Normal University and the Taipei National University of the Arts, a host of radio and television programs, and a board member of the Taiwan Broadcasting System. Her publications include "Gu Zhengyi's Candy," "Desire Dojo," "Central Community," "Three Days," "Dear Kid: Let's Walk Hand in Hand," "The Cat's Weekly Journal," "Half a Mother, Half a Daughter," etc.
