Walis Nokan

Walis Nokan (born 22 August 1961) is an indigenous Pai-Peinox-Tayal writer from M'ihu community in Taiwan. Walis began his writing career under the pen names such as Wu Chun-chieh (吳俊傑), Liu Ao (柳翱), and Walis Yukan. His works focus on the lives of the working class and have gone through various literary stages that reflect his evolving perspectives, shifting from embracing Han Chinese values and being indifferent to his community to beginning to care about the lives of the working class and actively returning to his community and settling down, working on the preservation of indigenous culture.

Walis Nokan has received multiple literary awards and significantly contributed to indigenous literature. He founded the magazines the ''Aboriginal News'' (原報) and ''Hunter Culture Magazine'' (獵人文化), as well as the Taiwan Indigenous Humanities Research Center, providing platforms for indigenous people to voice beyond mainstream media. Provided by Wikipedia