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Dung Kai-cheung

ドン・カイチョン

Dong Qizhang

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Hong Kong
Nationality
Hong Kong
Languages
Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin), English
Residence History
Hong Kong

Career

Occupations
Fiction writer, Journalist, Playwright, Essayist, Lecturer
Active Years
1995-
Affiliations
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (part-time lecturer)
Influenced By
Liu Yichang, Leung Ping-kwan, Xi Xi

Education

University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Arts / Comparative Literature
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Country: Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong
Graduate School / Comparative Literature
Degree: M.Phil.
Country: Hong Kong

Awards

Hong Kong Arts Development Council Rookie Award
1997
Organization: Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Result: 受賞
Hong Kong Art Development Award — Best Artist of the Year (Literature)
2008
Category: 文学
Organization: Hong Kong Arts Development Council (Hong Kong Art Development Awards)
Result: 受賞
Best Translated Work Award — Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards
2013
Work: Atlas
Category: 翻訳作品賞（SF／ファンタジー）
Organization: Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards
Result: 受賞
Hong Kong Book Fair Author of the Year
2014
Organization: Hong Kong Book Fair
Result: 受賞
Hong Kong Book Award
2017
Organization: Hong Kong Book Award organizers
Result: 受賞
Hong Kong Book Award
2018
Organization: Hong Kong Book Award organizers
Result: 受賞
Taipei International Book Exhibition (participation/award)
2019
Organization: Taipei International Book Exhibition
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City

1996 Novel / Urban literature

Depicts an imaginary city, Victoria, similar to Hong Kong. Through the city's layers and histories the novel offers social critique about colonial past and urban change.

CityMemoryColonial historyIdentity
Translations
  • Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City (English translation)

Histories of Time

2007 Novel / Long fiction

A work that weaves city and personal histories around themes of time and memory.

TimeMemoryHistory

A Brief History of the Silverfish

2002 Short stories / Experimental

A collection of short stories offering experimental narration and fragmentary portrayals of the city.

FragmentsCityPersonal memory

The Souvenir Album

1995 Short story collection

An early short-story collection featuring vignettes of city life and everyday moments.

Everyday lifeCityMemory

Bibliography

  • The Souvenir Album (1995)
  • Xiaodong Campus (1996)
  • The Family Curriculum (1996)
  • Andrew Jenney (1996)
  • Evolution of a Nonexistent Species (1996)
  • Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City (1996)
  • The Double Body (1997)
  • The Rose of the Name (1997)
  • The Storyteller (1997)
  • Visible Cities (1998)
  • The Catalog (1999)
  • A Brief History of the Silverfish (2002)
  • The History of the Adventures of Vivi and Vera (2005)
  • Heavenly Creations, Lifelike (2005)
  • Histories of Time (2007)
  • The Age of Learning (2010)

Translations of Works

  • Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City (English translation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Urban literary depictionExperimental narrationProse with essayistic elements
Recurring Motifs
CityMemoryTimeRelationship between machines (AI) and humans

Legacy

Dung Kai-cheung is regarded as one of Hong Kong's leading writers, praised for experimental narratives about cities and memory. His work, translated into other languages, has gained international attention and occupies an important place in contemporary Hong Kong literature.

Trivia

  • Alumnus of the International Writing Program.
  • Notable work 'Atlas' has received awards in translation.