Chen Xue (writer)

Chen Xue
Chen in 2015
Chen in 2015
Native name
陳雪
BornChen Yaling
1970 (age 53–54)
Taichung
OccupationWriter
LanguageChinese
CitizenshipTaiwan
GenreQueer literature
Literary movementTongzhi literature
Notable worksEnü shu (Chinese: 惡女書, 'Book of a Demon')

Chen Xue (Chinese: 陳雪; born 1970)[1] is a Taiwanese writer. She is the author of Enü shu (惡女書; lit.'Book of a Demon'), a collection of short stories published in 1995 that has become considered a classic of tongzhi literature recognising the lives of Taiwanese LGBTQ+ communities.

  1. ^ Fran Martin, "Introduction: Taiwan's literature of transgressive sexuality", in Fran Martin (trans.),  Angelwings: Contemporary queer fiction from Taiwan, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2003