作者簡介

Ong Iok-tek (1924-1985)

　　PhD in Literature (Tokyo University)
　　Professor of Meiji University, Department of Commerce
　　Instructor in many Universities, e.g. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
　　Founder of Taiwan Youth (forerunner of WUFI)
　　Secretary-General of Council for Implementing Compensation for Ex-Japanese Soldiers of Taiwanese Ancestry

　　1924 Born in Tainan, Taiwan
　　1942 Graduated from Taihoku High School
　　1943 Entered Tokyo Imperial University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Chinese Philosophy/Literature (支那哲文学)
　　1944 Evacuated to Taiwan, served in City Office, Chia-yi
　　1945 Theatrical activities while teaching at Tainan First High School
　　1947 January, Got married
　　February, 228 Incident; his elder brother Ong Iok-lim who was a prosecutor was killed by KMT government
　　1949 Took refuge in Japan
　　1950 Re-entered Tokyo University
　　1960 Completed graduate studies at Post-Graduate School, Tokyo University
　　Founded Taiwan Youth (台湾青年社), inaugurated its monthly organ Taiwan Youth (《台湾青年》); devoted much of his time to Taiwan independence movement since then
　　1975 Founded Council for Implementing Compensation for Ex-Japanese Soldiers of Taiwanese Ancestry; appointed Secretary-General of the council and actively worked toward resolving this problem
　　1985 September 9, Deceased of myocardial infarction
　　2021 September 9, Ong Iok-tek Memorial Museum founded in Tainan City

　　Publications:
　　Taiwanese Common Vocabulary (Tokyo, Eiwagogaku-sha, 1957)
　　Taiwan: A History of Agonies (Tokyo, Kobundo, 1964)
　　First Step to Taiwanese (Tokyo, Furinshobo, 1972)
　　Elementary Taiwanese (Tokyo, Nichu-shuppan, 1983)
　　Taiwan Strait (Tokyo, Nichu-shuppann, 1983)
　　A Historical Study of Taiwanese (Tokyo, Daiichi-shobo, 1987)
　　The Complete Works of Ong Iok-tek (in 15 volumes)
　　A Taiwanese Youth Who Lived Showa (Tokyo, Soshisha, 2011)
　　Ong Iok-tek’s Seminar of Taiwanese (Tokyo, Toho-shotenn)

　　And numerous theses on Taiwan problem, linguistics and more.

編者簡介

Ong Meiri

　　Chairwoman of World United Formosans for Independence (WUFI) Japan
　　Director of the Friends of Lee Teng-Hui Association in Japan
　　Member of the Japan Poets Club

　　1954 Born in Tokyo
　　1977 Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Literature, Department of English/American Literature
　　1985～ Engaged in cataloging and publication of manuscripts of father, Ong Iok-tek, after his departure in 1985
　　2011～ Chairwoman, WUFI Japan

　　Publications:
　　・Collections of Poems:
　　Hikidashiga Ippai (Drawers Full of XXXX) (Tokyo, Soshisha, 2003)
　　Sunflowers in Homeland (Taiwan, Yu Shan-she, 2015)

　　・Editing:
　　The Complete Works of Ong Iok-tek (15 volumes) (Taipei, Ch’ien Wei-ch’u-pan, 2002)
　　A Taiwanese Youth Who Lived Showa (Tokyo, Soshisha, 2011)

　　・Translation:
　　Rethinking “One China” edited by John J. Tkacik, Jr. (Tokyo, Soshisha, 2005)

譯者簡介

Shimamura Yasuharu

　　1935 Born in Tokyo

　　Education:
　　1953 Graduated from Saitama Prefectural Urawa High School
　　1955 Boise Junior College (latter-day Boise State University), Boise, Idaho, U.S.A. (English, music) A.A.
　　1957 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. (English, music) B.M.
　　1960 Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, L.A., California

　　Profession:
　　1953-55 Lecturer, Kano Junior High School (alma mater), English and History
　　1965 Japan Cultural Forum, Japanese leg of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, Paris, and de facto publisher of its Japanese-language organ Jiyu (Freedom)
　　1972 Royal Norwegian Embassy, chancellor/senior translator

　　Field of Work:
　　Apart from creative endeavor in music, engaged exclusively in bilingual translation on all subjects over two decades of foreign service.

　　Now at the age of Umbrella, or having attained eighty years of age, fully retired into a country life with abundant time for meditation and writing—and for occasional welcome commissions such as Taiwan: A History of Agonies.