Chang Ta-chun

Chang Ta-chun (Chinese: 張大春; pinyin: Zhāng Dàchūn; Wade–Giles: Chang Ta-ch'un) (14 June 1957), also known as Dachun Zhang, is a notable Taiwanese author[1] and literary critic.

He is the author of many novels, two of which, Wild Child ( 野孩子 ) and My Kid Sister (我妹妹), were published together in the U.S. as Wild Kids (Two Novels about Growing Up) by Columbia University Press (2000), translated from the Chinese by Michael Berry.

His major breakthrough came in 1986 with his collection of short stories Apartment Building Tour Guide.

My Kid Sister and Wild Child are the second and third installments of the Big Head Spring Trilogy.

His story "The General's Monument" (Jiangjun bei), included in the collection Lucky Worries About his Country, was published in French under the title La Stèle du général (Éditions Picquier, 1993), translated by Mathilde Chou and Pierre Charau.

Chang at Taipei International Book Exhibition in 2008.