Lung Ying-tai (February 13, 1952-) is a Taiwanese writer, literary critic, and Taiwan's first Minister of Culture. Lung is a native of Kaohsiung and her parents moved to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War. She graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature of National Cheng Kung University, and later received a doctorate in English and American literature from Kansas State University. She has taught at various universities in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States, and Germany, during which time she published a large number of works, including essays and novels, which have been collected into books.
In 1999, at the invitation of then Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, Lung became Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government, stepping down in 2003. In July 2005, Lung established the Lung Ying-tai Cultural Foundation. In 2012, she became the Minister of Culture of Taiwan (Republic of China), stepping down in 2014 with the general resignation of the Cabinet.
Lung has published a number of influential works, including Ye Huo Ji (The Wild Fire Collection), Mu Song (The Farewell), and Qin Ai De Andelie (Dear Andreas). One of her most influential works, Da Jiang Da Hai 1949 (Big River, Big Sea: Untold Stories of 1949), a reflection of the Chinese civil war and the Kuomintang’s treat to Taiwan, was banned by Beijing the same year it was published in 2009. In 2019, China banned all of Lung's books due to her expressed support for Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Bill movement.
