Bulletin No. 2, 2009

30   Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2009 P rofessor Pai Hsien-yung Kenneth P rof. Pai Hsien-yung Kenneth is a world renowned writer, playwright and producer of Kunqu . His many highly acclaimed novels were translated into different languages and adapted for film, television and the stage. In 1960, he founded the magazine Modern Literature , which served both catalytic and pioneering functions, in a very important way, in the development of Taiwan literature. In recent years, Professor Pai devoted himself to promoting Kunqu to the world. He created the ‘Young Lovers’ Edition’ of The Peony Pavilion (Mudan Ting), which has been performed over a hundred times around the world including in Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, Greece, the USA and the United Kingdom. In 2003, his achievements were crowned with the Seventh National Literature Award in Taiwan. Professor Pai has had a long and fruitful collaboration with CUHK. He was an adjudicator of the Global Youth Chinese Literary Award organized by the Faculty of Arts and a guest speaker at literary workshops. th C o n g r e g a t i o n