China-born novelist Hualing Nieh Engle, who edited the Free China Journal in Taiwan and founded the University of Iowa's International Writing Program, has died aged 99.
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00:00The author Hualing Nie Angou has died at the age of 99.
00:05Nie was born in China and moved to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War.
00:09She became the literary editor of the Free China Journal, which was closed in 1960 over
00:15criticism of Taiwan's leader Chiang Kai-shek.
00:17Nie moved to the United States, where she founded the University of Iowa's International
00:21Writing Program.
00:23The program offered residencies to writers from all over the world.
00:27Nie won multiple awards for her work, including the American Book Award in 1990 for the English
00:32translation of her novel Mulberry and Peach.
00:36Nie's work included novels, short stories, essays and literary translations.