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Chen Xiwo is the author of the controversial novella ''I Love My Mum'', which remains banned in China. In 2010, Asia Sentinel described Chen Xiwo as ‘one of China’s most outspoken voices on freedom of expression for writers.’ Due to Chen's refusal to compromise about his often controversial writing however, it was nearly 20 years before his books could be published in China. He now teaches comparative literature at Fuzhou Normal University and has published seven major novels. After graduating from Fujian Normal University, Chen studied in Japan from 1989 to 1994. One recurring theme in Chen’s fiction is sex, and perhaps his most famous work ''I Love My Mum'' (遮蔽), uses incest as a metaphor for a dysfunctional society. Despite his early difficulties being published there, Chen's writing has now received widespread recognition in his homeland. One of his major novels, "Exile", won the eighth HuangChangXian Literature Prize. Other books, including "Irritation", which has also been translated into French, helped gain Chen the fourth Fujian Flowers award for outstanding literary works. == One Man Against the Censors == In June 2007, the Fuzhou office of China Customs intercepted the galley proof of author Chen Xiwo's book, which had been mailed to him by his Taiwanese publisher. The collection of Chen's works was quickly deemed 'prohibited' because in contained the banned novella I Love My Mum. Chen launched a legal case against China Customs and an uproar exploded in the Chinese media at the absurdity of a writer having his own book confiscated. The scandal surrounding Chen Xiwo's novel I Love My Mum in many ways epitomizes a writing career characterized by a refusal to compromise. Read an English translation by Martin Merz and Jane Weizhen Pan of Chen Xiwo's 2010 speech on censorship, delivered at the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chen Xiwo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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