The exhibition “Sing With a Pen: The Heavenly Voice of Taiwan’s Indigenous Literature (用筆來唱歌——臺灣原住民族文學展),” co-hosted by the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) and the University of Melbourne, was inaugurated on Sept. 5. Taiwanese Indigenous Paiwan writer Ahronglong Sakinu was invited to deliver an opening speech at the event.
A writer and forest ranger, Ahronglong Sakinu founded a hunter school to preserve Paiwan culture. His book “Hunter School (獵人學校)” won the Wu Yung-fu Literature Prize (巫永福文學獎) and was published with English translation in 2020.
The NMTL, supported by the Ministry of Culture’s Taiwan Brand Campaign, has organized 22 exhibitions in 12 countries, including Japan, the U.K., the Netherlands, the U.S., France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and more, featuring 11 Taiwanese writers so far. The NMTL also hosted the “Sing with a Pen” exhibition in Guam last year and in Ireland last April.
“Sing With a Pen: The Heavenly Voice of Taiwan’s Indigenous Literature” is running until Sept. 30. For more information, visit the NMTL’s website.