Mrs HO WU Yin Ching (何胡燕青)
榮譽作家


Qualifications:
M.Phil. in Chinese Literature (University of Hong Kong)
B.A. (Hons.) in Chinese and English (University of Hong Kong)



BIO
胡燕青，廣東中山人，五十年代生於廣州，八歲來港定居，在香港接受教育，畢業於伊利沙伯中學、香港大學。大學時期主修中、英文。現職浸會大學語文中心副教授，教授”現代中文寫作”科。中學開始喜歡寫作，作品以新詩及散文為主，偶亦參加少年兒童文學創作行列。



RESEARCH INTERESTS
文學創作
文學創作教學



GRANTS, AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Awards Won (Writing)
Career of creative writing started in 1973. The following awards and prizes have been won since:
1981?港巿政局中文文學獎詩組冠軍 ( 1st in Poetry Writing, Hong Kong Writing Prize in Chinese run by the former Urban Council ).
1985?香港巿政局中文文學獎散文組冠軍 ( 1st in Prose Writing, Hong Kong Writing Prize in Chinese run by the former Urban Council ).
1998?基督教湯清文藝獎優勝獎 （Christian Annual Literary Prize for all Christian books in Chinese in the World） Prize title: “Winner”. Winning book:?I Leave My Prayers on the Windowsill?(《我把禱告留在窗台上》)
1998?基督教湯清文藝獎卓越成就獎 （Christian Annual Literary Prize for all Christian books in Chinese in the World）, Prize title: “Outstanding Achievement”. Winning Book:?1.48 Metres?(《一米四八》)
1999?香港巿政局中文文學雙年獎詩獎 (Biennial Prize presented to the best book of the poetry category published in the previous 2 years, Urban Council, HK) – Winning poetry collection:?In the Underground?(《地車裏》)
1999?香港巿政局中文文學雙年獎少年兒童文學獎 (Biennial Prize presented to the best book of the children and teenagers’ literature category published in the previous 2 years, Urban Council, HK) – Winning novel:?1.48 Metres?(《一米四八》)
2003?香港藝術發展局頒發之“藝術成就獎”（文學藝術）(Award for Arts Achievement [Literary Arts] by the HKADC)
2007?香港巿政局中文文學雙年獎詩推薦獎( Recommended, Biennual Prize presented to the recommended book or books of the poetry category in the previous 2 years, Public Library, HK) – Winning Book:?The Folded Page?(《摺頁》)
2011?短篇小說集《好心人》獲選為中學生好書龍虎榜十本好書之一 (Collection of short stories?The Good Man?was deemed one of the best ten books of the year by HK secondary school students）
2011?香港巿政局中文文學雙年獎少年兒童文學推薦獎( Biennial Recommended book prize of the children and teenagers’ literature category published in the previous 2 years, Urban Council, HK) – Winning novel:?The Wild Fruit?(《野地果》)
2012　短篇小說集《剪髮》獲選為中學生好書龍虎榜十本好書之一?(Collection of short stories?At?The?Hairdresser’s?was deemed one of the best ten books of the year by HK secondary school students）
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Awards Won (Teaching)
Award in teaching: 2001 Hong Kong Baptist University President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching. (One teacher from each department of HKBU were awarded)
Award in teaching: 2009 Hong Kong Baptist University President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching. (One teacher in HKBU was awarded)
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Services to the University and the Community (selected)
Assistant Coordinator, Chinese Section, Language Centre, HKBU, 2002-2003
Chief Coordinator of all Chinese subjects in writing, Language Centre, HKBU, 2002-2003
Coordinator, Committee for Departmental Input for Chinese Courses, Language Centre, HKBU, since 2001-2002
Coordinator, Intervarsity Creative Writing Competition, 2000-2001
Chairperson, Intervarsity Creative Writing Competition, 2002-2003
Member, Committee for Staff Development Seminars, since 2001
Member of the HKBU Arts Faculty Outreach Committee, since 2001
Member of the School Management Committee, Queen Elizabeth School, 1998/9-2001/2
On and off worked as adjudicator of the Hong Kong Writing Prize in Chinese (香港中文文學獎) which is run biannually by the former Urban Council or the present Leisure and Cultural Services Department for the past 10 years. Adjudicated in other various writing contests as well.
Having given Lectures, talks and seminars in numerous government departments, universities, renowned publishers, secondary and primary schools, organizations and churches to teachers, students and parents in the past 15 years, once or twice a month.



SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Poetry Collections
Awakening?(《驚蟄》), Poetry collection, 194 pages, HK：Shih Feng Association, 1980
Song of Sunrise?(《日出行》) Poetry collection, 140 pages, HK：Sunbeam Co., 1988
I Leave My Prayers on the Windowsill?(《我把禱告留在窗台上》), Prize winning poetry collection, 72 pages, HK：Logos Publishers Ltd, 1995
In the Underground?(《地車裏》) Prize winning poetry collection, 208 pages, HK：Shi Bimonthly Series, 1997
The Mote?(《護城河》) Poetry collection, 128 pages, HK：Logos Publishers Ltd, 2000
Song of the Forest Climbers?(《攀緣之歌》) Poetry collection, 221 pages, HK：Chinese Christian Literature Council Ltd, 2000
The Folded Page?（《摺頁》）Poetry collection, 157 pages, HK：East Coast Publishing Company, 2006
Sailing in the Twilight?（《夕航》）, Poetry collection, 104 pages, HK：Infolink Publishing Ltd 2009
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Collections of Literary Prose
The Open Heart?(《心頁開敞》) Prose collection, 126 pages, HK: Breakthrough Ltd, 1989
The Shop of Colours?(《彩店》) Prose collection, 200 pages, HK: Sunbeam Co., 1989, New edition, HK: The Infolink Publishing Ltd, 2001
I Do Mind Eternity?(《我在乎天長地久》) Prose collection, 144 pages, HK: Breakthrough Ltd, 1995
My Teachers?(《我的老師》) Prose collection:True stories about Hong Kong teachers, 98 pages, HK: Logos Publishers Ltd, 1996
Skies of the Nineteen-year-olds?(《十九歲的天空》) Prose collection：HKBU students’ stories, 132 pages, HK：Logos Publishers Ltd, 1998
I walked through the Desert of My Desk?(《我走過書桌的曠野》), Prose collection, 136 pages, HK: The Infolink Publishing Ltd, 2001
For the Love of Nature?(《野興》) Prose collection, 47 pages, HK: Logos Publishers Ltd, 2001
The Speed of a Sigh?(《嘆息的速度》) Prose collection, 168 pages, HK: The Holdery Publishing Enterprises Ltd, 2003
The Little Wooden Stool?(《小板凳》) Prose collection, 134 pages, HK: Oxford University Press (China) Ltd, 2004
The Warmer Place?（《更暖的地方》）Prose collection, 99 pages, HK: Oxford University Press (China) Ltd, May 2006
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Short Story Collections
The Good Man?(《好心人》) short story collection, 208 pages, HK: Infolink Publishing Ltd, April, 2010
At the Hairdresser’s?(《剪髮》) short story collection, 208 pages, HK: Breakthrough Ltd, July, 2011
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Novels for Young People
1.48 Metres?(《一米四八》) Prize winning novel for teenagers, 182 pages, HK: Breakthrough Ltd, 1997, the book was chosen and published in Shanghai:少年儿童出版社，2008 / Malaysia: 董總出版局，2008 / 12 Prints in HK by 2009
All Weather Tracks?(《全天候跑道》) Novel for teenagers, 112 pages, HK: Holdery Publishing Enterprises Ltd, 1998
The Leaders?(《頭號人物》) Novel for teenagers, 144 pages, HK: Sunbeam Publications, 1999
Telephone Age?(《三線一族》) Novel for teenagers, 176 pages, HK: Breakthrough Ltd, 2000
Fruit of the Wild?(《野地果》) Novel for teenagers, 223 pages, HK: Breakthrough Ltd, 2009
That One Dollar?（《那一塊錢》）Novel for teenagers, 194 pages, HK: Breakthrough Ltd, 2011
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Children’s Series
Stories of Qi Qi?(《啟啟語文系列》) A set of 4 story books for 《啓啓上小學》、《啓啓的腳趾有話説》、《啓啓怕不怕考試？》、《你就是二年級的啓啓嗎？》for P.1 students. These are children stories, altogether 208 pages. There are also 4 booklets serving as parents’ guides in language teaching. HK: Logos Publishers Ltd, 1998
The Growing Hearts?（《心靈成長系列》）A set of 12 graded readers in Chinese（《林林找媽媽》、《孩子不見了》、《巫婆的湯》、《媽媽的畫裏沒有我》、《安兒表姐的家鄉》、《跑步媽媽》、《林林真的是女孩子嗎》、《數學測驗卷》、《捉賊記》、《樓梯的暗角》、《小競和小赫》及《大小姐》） for students from P.1-P.6 to learn the Chinese Morals and the Modern Chinese Language. HK: Keys of the Oxford University Press (China) Ltd, 2006
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Collections of Critical Essays, Essays on Teaching, Textbooks and Books on Writings of Students
Summer on the Low Hills?(《小丘初夏》) Critical essays on modern Poetry of Hong Kong, 130 pages, HK: New Harvest Publishers, 1987
Texts for the Chinese Language?(《中國語文》中一至中五) 8 vol. Textbooks and 8 vol. teacher’s handbooks on Chinese Language for forms secondary I to V. Co-authors: 陳寶珍，王良和，梁新榮，黃翠嫦, HK: Galaxy Publisher, 1991
From Composition to Creative Writing?(《從作文到寫作》) Collection of 11 students’ works (about 70%) and my comments (about 30%) , 247 pages, HK: 青桐社, 2005
The Poetry Catcher?（《新詩捕手》） Collection of 21 students’ works (about 50%) and my comments (about 50%) , 137 pages, HK: The Infolink Publishing Ltd, 2005
The Ordinary People in literature?（《文學平民》）Collection of Critical essays on literary writings in HK and teaching of writing introducing the PIE method, 118 pages HK: Keys, Oxford University Press (China) Ltd, 2006
Qi Si Yuwen Xin Tiandi?（《啓思語文新天地》）A set of 24 textbooks for students from P.1-P.6 to learn the Modern Chinese Language. I wrote most of the study pieces while my partners wrote the study guides. Co-authors: 王良和、李孝聰、唐秀玲、葉瑞蓮、張永德、謝家浩. HK: Keys of the Oxford University Press (China) Ltd, May 2006
The Forty-one Pairs of Eyes?（《四十一雙眼睛——年輕人看世界》）Collection of 41 students’ works (about 70%) and my comments (about 30%) , 263 pages, HK: The Breakthrough Ltd, 2010. This book has been selected into the list of the best 60 for secondary school students to read.
To Cross the River following the Stones?（《捫石渡河——新詩的欣賞、創作與教學》）Book on how to appreciate and write poems and teach poetry writing. HK: The Infolink Publishing Ltd, 2010
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Works of Translation (from English to Chinese)
Daily Thoughts for Disciples?by Oswald Chambers into Chinese. Originally titled 《門徒日思錄》, 4 volumes totaling 736 pages, HK: Federation of Evangelical Students, 2001, Renamed in Chinese as 《靈性的陶造》and reprinted in 2004
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes?by Kenneth N.Taylor into Chinese. 《我的小聖經》382 pages., HK: The Rock House Publishers Ltd, 2004
How to Pray?by John Pritchard （Co-translator: Ho Chun）《誠心所求》, HK: Logos Publishers Ltd, 2005
The Grace of Giving?by John Stott. 《捐獻的恩典》, HK: the Langham Partnership International (LPI) and the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), 2007
For The Lord We Love?by John Stott. 《獻給我們所愛的主》, HK: the Langham Partnership International (LPI) and the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), 2010
Lion Day by Day Bible?by Mary Joslin, 《聖經故事天天讀》by Mary Joslin. HK: Rockhouse Publishers, 2010
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COURSES TAUGHT
LANG3130 –?現代中文新詩創作?Creative Writing: Modern Chinese Poetry?
LANG2240 –?賞名篇學創作?Creative Writing through Masterpieces