Taiwan-France Cultural Award honors linguist, scholar, theater director in Paris

2019/07/03

A Taiwan interpreter, French scholar and German theater director were presented with the Taiwan-France Cultural Award July 1 in Paris for their efforts to deepen appreciation of the nation’s heritage in Europe.
 
 Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Culture Hsiao Tsung-huang thanked honorees Miao Yung-hua, Josiane Cauquelin and Lukas Hemleb for their dedication in bolstering recognition of Taiwan culture. This prize is a major platform for recognizing such important contributions and strengthening cultural exchanges among the people of both sides, he said.
 
 Miao has produced Mandarin subtitles for over 100 French films and translated more than 20 literary works. These include productions by renowned directors like Eric Rohmer, Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard as well as the novels “Night Flight” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and “The Great Swindle” by Pierre Lemaitre.
 
 Cauquelin’s links with Taiwan go back to 1983 when she started researching the indigenous Pinuyumayan people in the southeastern county of Taitung. Over the past decades, she has documented the language and rituals of the tribe and published the first Pinuyumayan-English dictionary.
 
 Based in France, Hemleb has cooperated closely with Taiwan theater troupes on works that incorporate traditional performing arts such as Taiwanese opera. The first of these was the 2006 show “The Luo River Goddess” with New Taipei City-based Han-Tang Yuefu Music Ensemble.
 
 Established in 1996 by the Ministry of Culture and Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, the award is given to distinguished individuals or groups that have helped raise awareness of Taiwan in Europe or facilitated cultural exchanges. 

Source: Taiwan Today (https://taiwantoday.tw/index.php)