SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Lin Yi-han

»Lin Yi-han (Chinese: 林奕含; pinyin: Lín Yìhán; 16 March 1991 – 27 April 2017) was a Taiwanese writer.
Lin Yi-han studied at the National Tainan Girls' Senior High School. Her father is a famous dermatologist in Tainan.[1] Throughout her life, she had studied in university twice, first at Taipei Medical University studying medicine, then at National Chengchi University majoring in Chinese literature. She didn't finish her study, as she quit after 14 days and 3 years respectively.
Lin married in 2016, and died of suicide at her apartment in Taipei on April 27, 2017, shortly after the publication of her first and only complete novel Fang Si-Qi's First Love Paradise (房思琪的初戀樂園), which tells a story of a teenage girl being sexually abused by her tutor. After the author's death, a statement made by her parents suggested that the novel was based on the author's own experiences.« -- More information: Wikipedia

Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise (Traditional Chinese: 房思琪的初戀樂園; Simplified Chinese: 房思琪的初恋乐园) is the first and only novel by Taiwanese author Lin Yi-han published in February 2017. Shortly after publishing the novel, Lin Yi-han committed suicide.
The novel tells the story of Fang Si-Chi, a beautiful and educated girl who is continuously sexually assaulted by her teacher Li Guo-hua.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 21^st Century | II. Geographical Index: Asian History: Chinese History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Offenders: Li Guo-hua; Fictional Victims: Fang Si-Chi; Victims: Age and Gender: Female Adolescence; Types: Sexual Assault

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Deng, Ran. »Writing, Abstraction, Disgrace: Translating Violence in Fang Si-Qi’s First Love Paradise.« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Seattle 2024.

[Info] Riedel, Lennart. »In Search of Fang Siqi’s Legal Paradise: Reforming PRC Law Through Literature.« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Columbus 2025.

[Info] Xie, Miya, chair. »Lin Yihan’s Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise: Exploring the Multiverse of Trauma Literature.« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Columbus 2025.

[Info] Zamperini, Paola. »Teaching to Express: Lin Yi-Han’s Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise and the Pedagogical Im/Possibilities of Trauma Literature.« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Columbus 2025.