MOC unveils winners of 29th Taiwan-France Cultural Award

2025/11/21

Wu Hsi-deh from Taiwan and Victor Louzon from France are the winners of the 29th Taiwan-France Cultural Award, the Ministry of Culture announced Nov. 18 in Taipei City.

According to the MOC, Wu is an honorary professor in the Department of French at Tamkang University in New Taipei City who has dedicated nearly four decades to teaching and academic service. He received the Order of Academic Palms from the French government in 2016 for contributions to French language education and cultural exchanges.
 
Among Wu’s achievements are founding the Taiwan Association of French Teachers in 1996 and the Taiwanese Association of French Translators in 2014, as well as initiating the International Francophonie Day events and French translation awards.
 
An assistant professor of history at Sorbonne University, Louzon focuses his research on the transformation of political power in Taiwan in 1945. In 2023 he published “The Embrace of the Fatherland: Decolonization, War Aftermath, and Political Violence in 1947 Taiwan,” the first French-language monograph to examine the February 28 incident. The academic said he hopes to lead French students to Taiwan for fieldwork, host academic conferences and launch translation projects centered on Taiwan’s history.

Established in 1996 by the MOC and the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, the annual award is presented to distinguished individuals or groups that have helped raise awareness of Taiwan in Europe or facilitated cultural exchanges.
 
Starting in 2006, submissions for the award have broadened to include all European countries, and winners are honored at a ceremony held at the French Institute in Paris, the MOC added.


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