Wu Zhuoliu

Who was Wu Zhuoliu?

Wu Chuo-liu was an influential Taiwanese journalist and novelist. His experiences during the colonial period, including fifteen months spent on the mainland, served as an inspiration for his most famous work, Orphan of Asia, a semi-autobiographical account of the experiences of a fictional protagonist—Hu Taiming—during the course of the colonial period. This work, which highlighted the ambiguity and tension inherent in being Taiwanese, has since become a key text in the contentious subject of Taiwanese identity. He is also known for his autobiography 無花果, translated by Duncan Hunter as The Fig Tree.