Li-Chin Lin was born in Taiwan in 1973.. After studying history in Taiwan and a brief professional experience in an import-export company, she chose to become an illustrator and left the island to study art in France at the École Supérieure de l’Image d’Angoulême. , then to La Poudrière animation school in Valence.
She directs animated shorts then launches into comics by collaborating on numerous fanzines and simultaneously producing two children’s books for a publisher in Taiwan. She regularly leads comic book workshops for college students.
Formosahis first graphic novel, received the Literary Prize for High School Students of the Île-de-France Region in 2012. His second graphic novel, Fudafudak was published in 2017 Editions here and there.
Li-Chin lives in Valencia.
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In his third autobiographical account GOÁN TAU, HOME, Li-Chin questions the notions of belonging to a country and “home”. Although she has lived in France for more than twenty years, Li-Chin still has to deal with xenophobia from people who do not distinguish between different Asian countries, make fun of her accent or convey racist stereotypes. These behaviors give her the impression that she is not integrated and call into question her relationship with the country in which she has spent nearly half her life.
Li Chin Lin also has a somewhat complicated relationship with her country of origin, Taiwan, where she regularly returns. Her relationship with her family has deteriorated over time and she feels like she is considered a distant member of the family, not a stranger, but almost. Finally, the apartment she lives in in Valencia, where she should feel safe, is located just above an extremely noisy bar and she spends long sleepless nights that drive her crazy. Li-Chin feels helpless, ignored by the town hall and the police, without support, which causes a deep crisis… With Goán tau, at home, Li-Chin tries to answer crucial questions: “what is my country? and “Where am I at home?” »