Leung Man-tao (Chinese: 梁文道; pinyin: Liáng Wéndào;, born 26 December 1970) is a Hong Kong writer, critic and host.[1][2][3][4]

Leung Man-tao
Leung in 2009 in Guangzhou
Leung in 2009 in Guangzhou
Native name
梁文道
Born (1970-12-26) December 26, 1970 (age 53)
Hong Kong
OccupationWriter, critic, host
LanguageChinese, English
Alma materChinese University of Hong Kong
Period1988–present
GenreProse
Notable worksCommon Sense
Too Much Noise
Website
blog.163.com/liang_wendao/
bullock.cn/blogs/liangwendao/

Life edit

Leung was born in a Catholic family in Hong Kong on December 26, 1970, with his ancestral home in Shunde, Guangdong. Leung was raised primarily in Taiwan, returning to Hong Kong only during high school.Leung graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he majored in philosophy at the Chung Chi College.[citation needed]

In 1998, Leung hosted Teacup in a Storm in Metro Broadcast Corporation.

In 1999, Leung joined the Phoenix Television and began attending Qiangqiang Sanrenxing (also referred to as Behind the Headlines with Wentao) hosted by Dou Wentao since that year.[5]

In 2008, Leung converted to Theravada Buddhism.[6]

Works edit

  • Wo Zhi (in Chinese). Guangxi: Guangxi Normal University. 2009. ISBN 9787563383870.
  • Reader (in Chinese). Beijing: Law Publishing House. 2009. ISBN 9787503698965.
  • Too Much Noise (in Chinese). Guangzhou: Huacheng Publishing House. 2009. ISBN 9787536056008.
  • Common Sense (in Chinese). Guangxi: Guangxi Normal University. 2009. ISBN 9787563379637.

References edit

  1. ^ 梁文道来合肥纵论"一个人的读书之道" (in Chinese). Xinhuanet. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  2. ^ 梁文道现身合肥谈"读书之道":要有专注精神(图) (in Chinese). 163.COM. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  3. ^ 梁文道谈瓦格纳的诱惑 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  4. ^ 梁文道等知名学者西安举行"2013理想国文化沙龙". People (in Chinese). 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
  5. ^ 香港"文化教父"梁文道:别在食物里下毒,就是底线 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  6. ^ 出世入世梁文道 (in Chinese). 2009-06-20. Archived from the original on 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2012-07-13.

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