Wang Tuoh
| Wang Tuoh 王拓 |
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| Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
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In office 20 May 2008 – 20 May 2009 |
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| Chairperson | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Preceded by | Lee Ying-yuan |
| Succeeded by | Wu Nai-ren |
| Minister of Council for Cultural Affairs | |
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In office 1 February 2008 – 19 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Wong Chin-chu |
| Succeeded by | Huang Pi-twan |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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In office 1 February 1996 – 31 January 2008 |
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| Succeeded by | George Hsieh |
| Constituency | Keelung |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 January 1944 Keelung, Taihoku Prefecture, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 9 August 2016 (aged 72) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Alma mater |
National Taiwan Normal University National Chengchi University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Writer, philologist |
Wang Tuoh (Chinese: 王拓; pinyin: Wáng Tuò; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Thok; 9 January 1944 – 9 August 2016) was a Taiwanese writer, public intellectual, literary critic, and politician. He was born in Badouzi (八斗子), then a small fishing village near the northern port city of Keelung. His name was originally Wang Hung-chiu (王紘久).
Wang Tuoh published his first short story, The Hanging Tree in 1970, and went on to write a series of stories set in his home village of Badouzi that drew heavily on his own experiences in a small, insular village where everyone is part of a larger family that has been there for five generations. The most well-known of these stories is the novella Auntie Jinshui (金水嬸; published September 1976) which describes the story of the eponymous Auntie Jinshui. Auntie Jinshui is a street peddler who has successfully raised and educated six sons, but falls upon especially hard times after being swindled by a priest introduced to her by one of her sons. She then falls behind on her payments to her Hui (會), an informal village credit network, and finds herself gradually ostracized from her friends and family. This novella was also later made into a movie.
His novels are The Story of Cowbelly Harbor (牛肚港的故事; published 1982) and Taipei, Taipei! (台北，台北!; published 1983), both written while he was in jail as a political prisoner.
After being freed from prison in 1984, he joined the political opposition to the ruling Kuomintang and in 1995 was elected to Taiwan's Legislative Yuan as a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member for Keelung City. Wang formed an alliance with the DPP's Formosa faction, which disbanded after its leader Hsu Hsing-liang left the party. In 2002, Wang became a member of the Justice faction.
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