Su Weizhen
Taiwanese writer, educator and editor
Su Weizhen (Chinese: 蘇偉貞; Wade–Giles: Su Wei-chen; 16 July 1954) is a Taiwanese writer, educator and editor.
She was born in Yongkang Township, Taiwan and studied at the Political Staff College in Taiwan and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Su served in the army and afterwards worked at a radio station. Later, she taught literature at the Chinese Culture University and was editor for the literary supplement of the United Daily News.
In 2011, she participated in the International Writing Program Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.
She married Zhang Demo, who has since died.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9043923. VIAF identifies the subject as 66743589. The Library of Congress control number is n82048395. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1954 and 2011.
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