He was the first Taiwanese author to be so honored. A teacher for life "I've arrived here by chance. No matter how you look at it, I didn't have the background to become a writer," he says softly, inspecting a shelf full of his own works.
幸遇良師「我的一生充滿偶然，怎麼想，也不會有成為作家的條件，」鄭清文看著書架上一整排自己的文學作品，淡淡說著。