Dong SHAO
20222022

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Personal profile

Biography

Dr Shawn Shao received his BA degree from Nanjing University, MPhil, and PhD degree in Chinese from The The University of Hong Kong. He is currently acting as Assistant Professor of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at OUHK. His research interests lie in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Sinophone Literature, Film Studies and Nanshe Studies. He has published several papers in peer reviewed journals such as Chung Wai Literary Quarterly, Twenty-First Century, and Literature in Chinese. He has published his first academic monograph The Silver Screen among Pages: A study of Yingxi Fiction in Early Republican China in 2017. He is also the member of the Society of Chinese Theories in Literature and Arts. 

As the member of The Union of Hong Kong Writers, Dr Shawn Shao has been awarded 9th Global Contest in Chinese Creative Writing 1st prize(2017), Lin Yutang Literary Awards 1st prize(2016), HK Youth literary Awards short story excellent prize(2015) during recent years. He is also a Columnist of Initium Media and The Paper News. His first book of selected Short stories, named Air Guitar, will come off press in 2022

Research interests

  • Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
  • Film and Cultural Studies
  • Creative Writing
  • sinophone studies

Qualifications

BA(NJU), Mphil (HKU), PhD (HKU), BA(NJU), Mphil (HKU), PhD (HKU)

Appointments

Award

 

9th Global Contest in Chinese Creative Writing 1st prize (2017) “文學與人”第九屆華語文學原創大賽首獎

Lin Yutang Literary Awards short story 1st prize (2016) 林語堂文學獎首獎(短篇小說)

HK Youth literary Awards short story excellent prize (2015) 香港青年文學獎

HK University Literature Awards (2015) 大學文學獎

Nominated For Li Ka Shing Awards for Outstanding RPG Students 2014 香港大學李嘉誠優秀學術論文提名獎

 

Creative Writing

專著:

《空氣吉他》                                        中信出版社(2022)

單篇:

<江南商場>  《湘江文藝》2022年第2期 

<牛皮筋>  《廣州文藝》2021年第6期 

<西營盤> 《上海文學》2019年第10期;轉載收錄於《長江文藝》2019年第9期

<鸚鵡>《香港文學》2019年第12期

<走馬燈>《特區文學》2018年第6期; 轉載收錄於《小說月報》2019年第1期

<鑽石山> 《萌芽》2018 年2 月號

<濤濤的冰箱> 《香港作家》2018 年第一期

<防疫糖丸> 《大公報》2017 年6 月18 日

<陌生的孩子> 《雨花》2011 年第7 期

<拼車> 《翠苑》2011 年10 月

Memberships

  • Member, The Union of Hong Kong Writers(香港作家聯會)
  • Member, The Society of Chinese Theories in Literature and Arts(中國文藝理論學會)
  • kids4kids story creation 2020 final judge