Title: Stephen Shu Ning Liu Papers, 1936-1976

ID: OGLMC361

Primary Creator: Liu, Stephen Shu Ning (1930-)

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 00/00/1976

Subjects: Literary - Poetry, University of North Dakota - Alumni

Languages: English

Stephen Shu Ning Liu was a landlord’s son, born on March 16, 1930. He grew up in near the Yangtze River, with six other children. Liu’s grandfather taught him the Chinese Classics when he was five.

Liu graduated from the University of Nanking, Nanking, China, in May 1948. He then went on to get his B. A. in English in May 1956, from Wayland Baptist College, in Plainview, Texas. At the University of Texas in Austin, he obtained his M. A. in English in May 1959. In August of 1973, Liu received a Ph. D. in English from the University of North Dakota.

With his degrees in English, Stephen Shu Ning Liu taught at many colleges and universities. These include Northern Montana College (1966-1970), the College of San Mateo (California) as a visiting lecturer (summer 1968), as well as the University of North Dakota as a visiting lecturer (summer 1972). He returned to teach at the University of North Dakota from 1970-1973. In August 1973, he took a position at Clark County Community College, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Liu has many academic honors, which include the Outstanding Senior Boy at Wayland College (May 1956) and the Better English Scholarship at the University of Tennessee (1963-1965). His essays, short stories, poems are published in English and Chinese, and can be found in various books, literary magazines, and national newspapers.

Literary - Poetry
University of North Dakota - Alumni

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Stephen Shu Ning Liu, Las Vegas, Nevada

Acquisition Method: Donation; the acquisition records are unavailable

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Stephen Shu Ning Liu Papers.  OGLMC 361, Box #, Folder #.  Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in January 2014.