Wu Ming-yi

Wu Ming-yi
Born (1971-06-20) 20 June 1971
Taoyuan, Taiwan (now Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City)
OccupationAuthor, Scholar
NationalityTaiwanese
Alma materNational Central University
Fu Jen Catholic University
Notable worksThe Man with the Compound Eyes (2011)
The Stolen Bicycle (2015)
Notable awardsDream of the Red Chamber Award final candidate (2016)
Man Booker International Prize nomination (2018)
Website
Wu Ming-yi
Wu Ming-yi
Traditional Chinese吳明益
Simplified Chinese吳明益
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Míngyì

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.