Leung, Lee-Chi

Introduction

Born in Hong Kong in 1995, Leung graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She composes poetry, prose and fiction. She is the author of the novels "The Man Who Lives on the Traffic Island" and "Such is Splendor " and the poetry collection "Miscellaneous Sound Specimens". Leung has received many literary awards, including the 14th Hong Kong Arts Development Award for New Talent in the Arts (Literary Arts). Her new work "Daily Movement" will be published soon. Leung was recently selected as a finalist for the 23rd Taipei Literary Award Scholarship Project and the recognized in the 6th TSMC Literature Award, and is currently studying at the Graduate School of Chinese Literature (Creative Writing Group), National Dong Hwa University. She is committed to continuing to write about Hong Kong.

Resident planning

The Chinese characters yun dong (運動) is a homonym that can be interpreted as either "exercise" in sports or "social movement", both of which require great motivation. Actions always feel fast, decisive and refreshing, while literature seems to emphasize sedimentation, slow and lagging behind (embarrassingly, even when responding at the moment, it is sometimes accused of piggybacking on issues that have gone viral and lacking in depth). In these chaotic and rapidly evolving times, the question of how literature can "move" without becoming a footnote to the larger narrative has been on my mind in recent years. The "Distance between Movement and the Everyday" is a project involving the creation of a collection of very short stories, hoping to write about the streets, order, life and subtle psychological state of mind of people in the seemingly mobile daily life of Taipei and Hong Kong from a city perspective in about 1000 characters per story. Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement came to an abrupt end in 2020 due to the pandemic and intense political crackdowns. How can people adapt to the cold humdrum of daily life after all is said and done? When we come to Taipei, the city is bright and splendid, but the suppression, imprisonment and monitoring caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have become a daily routine for everyone - in the constructive order, it is a daily practice for people to restrain their desires and to live in the city without any hindrance in the midst of self-tug-of-war and wrestling.