11 Facts About Hualing Nieh

Hualing Nieh is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.

In Taiwan, Hualing Nieh became the literary editor and a member of the editorial board of Free China Journal, a liberal intellectual magazine.

Hualing Nieh served in these positions until 1960, when the magazine was closed down by the Chiang Kai-shek administration.

Hualing Nieh began to teach creative writing courses at National Taiwan University and Tunghai University, becoming the first faculty member to do so in Chinese.

Hualing Nieh met Paul Engle, then director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, while he was visiting Taiwan to research the contemporary literary scene in Asia.

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Hualing Nieh decided to accept Engle's invitation and arrived in Iowa City in 1964 with seven books already published.

Hualing Nieh Engle continued as the director of the International Writing Program after Engle's retirement in 1977.

Hualing Nieh retired in 1988, and currently serves as a member of the IWP Advisory Board.

Hualing Nieh was a member of the panel of judges for the prestigious Asiaweek Short Story Competition.

Hualing Nieh has received several honorary doctorates as well as an award for Distinguished Service to the Arts from the State of Iowa and the National Association of Governors in 1982.

Hualing Nieh is the author of more than two dozen books, written in Chinese and widely translated, including novels, essay collections, collections of stories, translations, and edited works.