Sung Tse-lai has long been a prominent figure on Taiwan's literary scene, having won it over with his characteristically sharp social observations and lively way with a pen in works ranging from the Modernist Yinghai, written while he was still in university, to Daniunan Cun, a short story collection in the Nativist style.
從大學時一鳴驚人的現代主義風格《嬰孩》，到台灣鄉土文學代表作《打牛湳村》，宋澤萊以其敏銳的社會觀察和鮮活筆力征服了台灣文壇。