Obituary: Tehpen Tsai, teacher, author, dramatist, and political prisoner

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Great write up. Thank you for posting this.

Formosans who are interested in Tsai’s work could also have a look at this thread here:

Books about the White Terror

Thank you, missed this one when it came out. Coincidentally today is release day for another White Terror-related title: Elegy of Sweet Potatoes, by Tehpen Tsai. First published in English translation in 2002, that original edition is now in short supply, so we are reissuing it. In 1954 Tehpen Tsai was arrested by the Kuomintang regime on suspicion of being a Chinese communist agent. After initial weeks-long interrogation near his home he was transferred to a detention facility in Taipei spec…

Guy