Lin Yi-han

Lin Yi-han
Native name 林奕含
Born (1991-03-16)March 16, 1991
Tainan, Taiwan
Died April 27, 2017(2017-04-27) (aged 26)
Songshan, Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation Writer
Language Chinese
Nationality  Republic of China
Period February to April 2017
Genre Novel
Notable works Fang Si-chi’s First Love Paradise

Lin Yi-han (Chinese: 林奕含; pinyin: Lín Yìhán; March 16, 1991 - April 27, 2017) was a Taiwanese writer.

Life

Lin Yi-han studied at the Tainan GHS. 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.[2][3][4]

Lin married in 2016,[5] and committed suicide at her apartment in Taipei on April 27, 2017,[6] 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 raped and even sexually abused by her teacher during extra course. There's been speculation that the protagonist in this novel implies back to Lin herself, although Lin had denied it publicly.[7]

Lin became melancholic after 17 years-old, and had attempted suicide three times in following years, making public believe that the misfortune that befalls the main character of her sole novel may be based on the lasting effect of sexual assault that she might have received in her lifetime.[8] She had asserted before, "every day there are only 3 things which come into my mind, whether I should eat, take sedative, or take my life!"

After Lin's death,[9] the authority decided to establish a law, requiring the true identity of the teachers tutoring at cram schools to be accessible to the public,[10] and after having lost their own daughter Lin's Parents charged famous extra course teacher Chen Guo Xing, claiming him to be the culprit in alleged sexual assaults against their daughter, but due to lacking crucial evidences Chen finally stayed unindicted.

References

  1. ↑ "26歲才女林奕含突離世　《房思琪的初戀樂園》成唯一遺作". ETtoday東森新聞雲 (in Chinese). 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  2. ↑ "新鮮人查榜".
  3. ↑ "新鮮人查榜".
  4. ↑ "《房思琪的初戀樂園》作者林奕含過世". The News Lens 關鍵評論. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Ye, Guoli (2016-04-07). "怪醫千金訂婚致詞　驚爆輝煌過去的秘辛". 台灣爽報 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  6. ↑ http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20170512/1116882/
  7. ↑ "【女作家之死】真人真事改編的女主角　就是她自己". 上報. 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  8. ↑ 楊, 媛婷 (2017-05-09). "林奕含小說出版社 為代貼聲明致歉". 自由娛樂. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  9. ↑ "補教實名制！ 本名在前、化名在後 不改就停招". 東森新聞. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  10. ↑ "臺北市補習班及社區大學教職員工實名制，即日起正式上路". 臺北市政府教育局 (in Chinese). 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
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