Dung Kai-cheung

Dung Kai-cheung, a Chinese-language fiction writer born in Hong Kong in 1967. He received his B.A. and M. Phil. in comparative literature from the University of Hong Kong. He is an author, journalist, playwright and essayist. He works at a part-time lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and mainly teaches Chinese writing. His wife, Wong Nim Yan works as associate professor at the Chinese department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His most important novels include "Atlas", "Histories of Time" and other award-winning books. Unlike other local Chinese writers, Dung translates his own work into English versions. Dung is devoted to the education of young writers. He writes prefaces and prologues for young Hong Kong writers, some of whom are his students in the Chinese department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.