Dorothy (Hiu Hung) Tse 謝曉虹
Dorothy Tse is a fiction writer from Hong Kong. She teaches literature and writing at Hong Kong Baptist University, and is a co-founder of the literary magazine Fleurs des Lettres. Tse is the author of the short-story collection 《好黑》 [So Black] (2003), which won the 8th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature. Her fiction has also been awarded prizes at the 15th Unitas New Fiction Writers’ Awards.
Tse's first novel, Owlish, is forthcoming in an English translation by Natascha Bruce, in 2023.
In 2019, “Cloth Birds” by Dorothy Tse, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce, was one of four winners of the Words Without Borders Poetry in Translation contest
Snow and Shadow, a collection of Dorothy's short stories, appeared in English in May 2014, translated by Nicky Harman, published by Muse, Hong Kong, and was longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award.
Dorothy Tse is the featured author in READ PAPER REPUBLIC, week 3, 2 July 2015. And in READ PAPER REPUBLIC, week 7, 30 July 2015.
Read Now: On Paper Republic
| Regurgitated | tr. Karen Curtis | July 30, 2015 |
| January: Bridges | tr. Nicky Harman | July 02, 2015 |
Read Now: Around the Web
| Hong Kong literature inside and outside of the Umbrella Movement | tr. Michael Day | PEN Atlas |
| Drunken Boat 21 | tr. Janette Leung | Drunken Boat |
| Hens | tr. Kristen Robinson | Writing Chinese |
Book Publications
Chan Chi Wa, Chen Si'an, Tam Yee Lok, Dorothy (Hiu Hung) Tse, Yan Ge and Zhu Hui | Natascha Bruce, Michael Day, Audrey Heijns, Canaan Morse and Jeremy Tiang
March 10, 2020
Original Works
Poem (1)
Short story (22)
- Liwu (礼物)
- Guanyu Wo Zisha Najianshi (关于我自杀那件事)
- Feng Zhong Jiedao (风中街道)
- Lüxing zhi Jia (旅行之家)
- 1130 hao Baoshi (1130号巴士)
- Lifa (理发)
- Xingfu Shenti (幸福身体)
- Jiajia (甲甲)
- Heimao Chengshi (黑猫城市)
- Tou (头)
- Dasha (大夏)
- Yezi he Dao de Aiqing (叶子和刀的爱情)
- yiyue: qiao (一月：桥)
- [The Imagination of Collapsible Umbrellas] ([The Imagination of Collapsible Umbrellas])
- Roubian (肉变)
- Xiangxian (象限)
- Yue Shi (月事)
- 魚缸生物 (魚缸生物)
- Ji (雞)
- Wuzhegui (無遮鬼)
- Shenme Dou Chi de Nanren (那個甚麼都吃的男人)
- Tun Tu (吞吐)
Novel (1)
Essay (1)
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