Loa Ho (Chinese: 賴和; pinyin: Lài Hé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Loā Hô) (28 May 1894 – 31 January 1943), real name Loa Ho (賴河) and Lai Kuie-ho, pen name Lan Yun, Fu San, An Tu-shêng, Hui, Tsou Chieh-hsien, Kung I-Chi, Lang, etc., was a Taiwanese poet who was born in Changhua County, Taiwan Prefecture, Fujian-Taiwan Province, Qing dynasty (modern-day Changhua, Taiwan). He was a medical doctor but was also a writer, poet, surgeon, and social activist from Changhua, Taiwan, having had enormous fame in literature. He founded the literature and arts column of The Taiwan Minpao and served as its editor-in-chief.
Loa Ho nurtured many renowned Taiwanese writers, making a profound impact on the development of Taiwanese literature, and was therefore titled the "Father of Modern Taiwanese Literature"[1] and the "Father of New Taiwanese Literature".[2] He was one of the leading figures in the Taiwanese literary scene of the 1930s.
- ^ Lin, Heng-che (1988). "台灣現代文學之父——賴和" [Father of Modern Taiwanese Literature - Loa Ho]. Formosan Culture (9).
- ^ Yeh, Shih-tao (1994). "為什麼賴和先生是臺灣新文學之父" [Why Mr. Loa Ho is the Father of New Taiwanese Literature]. 賴和研究資料彙編(下) [Compilation of Loa Ho Research Materials (Part 2)]. Changhua: Changhua County Cultural Center. pp. 336–343.