Lung Ying-tai
Lung Ying-Tai | |
|---|---|
| 龍應台 | |
Lung in 2014 | |
| 1st Minister of Culture (Minister of Council for Cultural Affairs until 19 May 2012) | |
| In office 6 February 2012 – 7 December 2014 | |
| Deputy | Chang Yun-cheng, Lin Chin-tien George Hsu, Hung Meng-chi, Lee Ying-ping |
| Preceded by | Ovid Tzeng Lin Chin-tian (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hung Meng-chi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 February 1952 Daliao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwan (Republic of China) |
| Children | Two sons |
| Education | National Cheng Kung University (BA) Kansas State University (PhD) |
Lung Ying-tai (Chinese: 龍應台; pinyin: Lóng Yìngtái) is a Taiwanese writer, cultural critic, and public intellectual. With more than 30 books to her credit, she not only has a large number of readers in her native Taiwan, but her works also have an impact in Chinese-language communities in Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia, and North America. Lung became widely known for her criticism on the Kuomintang party's martial law regime and has since become a critic of Mainland China's increasing restrictions on press freedom and civil liberties. Her critical essays on cultural and political issues contributed to the democratization of Taiwan.
Lung Ying-tai served as Taipei's first Cultural Bureau Chief (1999–2003) and Taiwan's first Minister of Culture (2012–2014). She established the Lung Ying-tai Cultural Foundation in 2005. She is, as of 2023, engaged in full-time writing, residing in eastern Taiwan by the Pacific Ocean.