1947-2017

LI YONGPING

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Li Yongping at the award ceremony of “National Award of Art” .

1947

BORN IN KUCHING, SARAWAK, MALAYSIAN BORNEO, A BRITISH COLONY AT THAT TIME

1959

STUDIES IN CHUNG HUA MIDDLE SCHOOL NO. 2

Begins to immerse himself in classical and modern Chinese literature.

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Li at the age of 11.

1963

SARAWAK ENTERS FEDERATION OF MALAYA AND BECOMES MALAYSIA

1966

FIRST NOVEL “SON OF BORNEO” PUBLISHED

Short story “Son of Borneo” wins the first prize from the Borneo Literature Bureau’s 3rd literary competition.

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Picture taken at High School graduation with classmates and teachers. Li at the far right in the second row.

1967

STUDIES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY

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Li at Yangmingshan, 1969.

1968

SHORT STORY “A LA-TZU WOMAN” PUBLISHED

“A La-tzu Woman” is translated into English by James Fu and published in Chi Pang-yuan, eds, An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature.
First short story collection Son of Borneo published.

1976

PURSUES AN M.A. DEGREE IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY IN THE UNITED STATES

A La-tzu Woman published.

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Li at downtown New York, 1977.

1978

SHORT STORY “HOMECOMING” WINS HONORABLE MENTION FROM THE 3RD “UNITED DAILY NEWS AWARD” FOR FICTION

Pursues Ph.D. degree in Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis.

1979

SHORT STORY “SUN SHOWERS” WINS THE 4TH “UNITED DAILY NEWS AWARD” FOR FICTION

1982

RECEIVES PH.D. TEACHES AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE AT NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY

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Li at Graduate Studentsʼ Study Room, National Chungshan University, 1987.

1986

RETRIBUTION: THE JILING CHRONICLES PUBLISHED

Retribution: The Jiling Chronicles wins “China Times Literature Prize” and “United Daily News Literature Prize.”

1987

RELINQUISHES MALAYSIAN CITIZENSHIP AND BECOMES A TAIWANESE CITIZEN

1992

LONG NOVEL GYRFALCON PUBLISHED

Teaches in the Department of English Language and Literature at Soochow University.

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Li at Soochow University, 1993.

1998

NOVEL ZHU LING’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND PUBLISHED

1999

RETRIBUTION: THE JILING CHRONICLES FEATURED IN YAZHOU ZHOUKAN ’S 100 BEST NOVELS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

2000

TEACHES IN THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE WRITING AND ENGLISH LITERATURE AT NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY

2002

THE SNOW FALLS IN CLOUDS: RECOLLECTIONS OF A BORNEO CHILDHOOD PUBLISHED

Wins the “Literati’s Best Book Award” from the United Daily News and Central Daily News—Publication and Reading ʼs Top Ten Books (Chinese Literary Creations).

2003

ENGLISH EDITION OF THE RETRIBUTION: THE JILING CHRONICLES PUBLISHED

Roaming: Li Yongping Self Collection 1968-2002 published.

2008

NOVEL THE END OF THE RIVER: UPSTREAM VOYAGE PUBLISHED

The End of the River: Upstream Voyage awarded the prize of “2008 Books of the Year Award” by China Times and “ Top Ten World Chinese Novels in the year of 2008” by Asia Weekly.

2009

BECOMES AN HONORARY PROFESSOR AT NATIONAL DONG HUA UNIVERSITY

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Li enjoying life after retirement on a ferry boat on Tamsui River, Bali.

2010

NOVEL THE END OF THE RIVER: MOUNTAIN PUBLISHED

The End of the River: Upstream Voyage wins the “The Dream of the Red Chamber Award” for the “World Chinese Novel” Category.
The End of the River: Mountain wins the “Top Ten World Chinese Novels in the year of 2010” by Asia Weekly.

2010

《吉陵鎮ものがたり》 PUBLISHED

2011

2011 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “SPACE AND LITERATURE: LI YONGPING AND TAIWANESE/ MALAYSIAN CHINESE LITERATURE” ORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE WRITING & ENGLISH LITERATURE, NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY

Novel The End of the River: Mountain Wins the “Golden Tripod Literary Award.”

Provided by National Dong Hwa University

2014

THE END OF THE RIVER: MOUNTAIN WINS THE 3RD ANNUAL “ZHONGSHAN CUP OVERSEAS CHINESE LITERARY AWARD”

Goes to China for the Award Ceremony.

2015

NOVEL THE BOOK OF ZHU LING PUBLISHED

Finishes The Moon River Trilogy- The Snow Falls in Clouds: Recollections of A Borneo Childhood, The End of the River and The Book of Zhu Ling
Goes to Borneo to worship his ancestors for the first time in 30 years.

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Li (on the right) returns to homeland and worships ancestors by the Rejang River, 2015.

2016

Wins the 19^TH “NATIONAL AWARDS OF ART”

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2016

WINS THE 2016 “HSING-YUN GLOBAL CHINESE LITERATURE AWARD”

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2016

NAMED 2016 OUTSTANDING ALUMNI, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY

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2016

NOVEL THE BOOK OF ZHU LING WINS THE 40^TH“GOLDEN TRIPOD AWARD” FOR THE BOOK PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR

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2016

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE AT NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE

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Li in front of the library at the annulled Nanyang University, Singapore.

2017

MOON RIVER TRILOGY PUBLISHED

2017

MARVELOUS TALE OF THE SWORDWOMAN IS ISSUED SERIALLY IN WENSHUN MAGAZINE

The fiction is unfinished due to the author's death.

2017

LI YONGPING PASSED AWAY

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