Wu Ming-yi
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| Born | 20 June 1971 Taoyuan, Taiwan (now Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City) |
| Occupation | Author, Scholar |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Alma mater | National Central University Fu Jen Catholic University |
| Notable works | The Man with the Compound Eyes (2011) The Stolen Bicycle (2015) |
| Notable awards | Dream of the Red Chamber Award final candidate (2016) Man Booker International Prize nomination (2018) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳明益 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吳明益 | ||||||
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Wu Ming-yi (Chinese: 吳明益; born 20 June 1971) is a multidisciplinary Taiwanese writer and scholar. Wu has published collections of essays, short stories and novels. He is best known for his novels The Man with the Compound Eyes and The Stolen Bicycle, the latter of which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2018.