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Ming-yi Wu

Wu Ming-Yi is one of the most popular and most widely translated contemporary Taiwanese writers and literary theorists. His collections of short stories, environmentally oriented essays, and especially his novels – in which realism blends with fantasy, reality with dreams, and historical events with memories and visions of the future – have gained great popularity among readers. In his work, Wu Ming-Yi connects cultural and natural history and explores how different sensory organs function and how they influence our perception of the world. Scientific discoveries as well as cultural history serve him as a springboard for examining the broader network of relationships in which human beings are embedded and which give meaning to their existence. He also points out that the destruction of nature can lead to cultural impoverishment. Among his best-known and most widely translated titles are the novels The Man with the Compound Eyes (2011, Czech 2016) and The Stolen Bicycle (2015).
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 Ming-yi Wu

Guest program

Between Individual and Collective Memory

Book World Prague 2026

16:00 - 16:50

Mi:Lu Publishing, Svět knihy, Státní fond kultury České republiky

Czech, Chinese

A discussion with Wu Ming-yi, Liao Chung-ťi and Kateřina Tučková on the relationship between individual memories and collective historical memory, drawing on...

Thursday, 14. 5. 2026

Wu Ming-yi, Liao Chung-ťi - book signing

Book World Prague 2026

17:00 - 17:50

Mi:Lu Publishing

Setkání se dvěma předními tchajwanskými autory, jejichž tvorba nabízí jedinečný pohled na kulturní, historické a enviromentální otázky současného Tchaj-wanu.

Thursday, 14. 5. 2026

Wu Ming-yi: The Man with the Compound Eyes

Book World Prague 2026

11:00 - 11:50

Mi:Lu Publishing, Svět knihy, Státní fond kultury České republiky

Chinese, Czech

The author’s original conception of environmental literature allows us to look at life through the compound eyes of insects, to explore the possibilities of our...

Saturday, 16. 5. 2026

Wu Ming-yi - book signing

Book World Prague 2026

12:00 - 12:50

Mi:Lu Publishing

Book signing with the Taiwanese author whose works intertwine culture and nature, showing that the endangerment of one means the endangerment of the other...

Saturday, 16. 5. 2026