In 1999, when the Council for Cultural Affairs asked scholars to choose just 30 books as "classics of Taiwanese literature," Chien Chen was the youngest author on the list. Her selection not only confirmed the high literary merits of Daughter's Wine but also marked her as a writer to watch.
1999 年，在文建會委託學者評選的僅僅 30 本「台灣文學經典」中，簡媜是最年輕的獲選作者，不只肯定了作品《女兒紅》的文學高度，也讓她成為最可期待的作家。