台湾知名作家李敖18日上午病逝。李敖先前罹患脑瘤，病痛之时不改幽默风格，当护理师让李敖说自己名字，李敖说“我叫王八蛋”。
Taiwan’s famous writer, critic and historian Li Ao died at the age of 83 shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday, according to the Taipei Veterans general Hospital.
台湾著名作家、评论家、历史学家李敖在周日上午11点前去世，享年83岁。
Li, who has suffered from brain tumor since July of 2015, died peacefully in the hospital, according to a statement.
据一份声明称，自2015年7月以来一直患有脑瘤的李敖在医院里平静地去世了。
He was born in 1935 in Harbin, capital of the northeastern Heilongjiang Province, and was brought up in Beijing until the age of 14. He left for Taiwan with his family in 1949, and then studied history in Taiwan.
他于1935年出生于黑龙江省省会哈尔滨，14岁时搬到北京，在那儿长大。1949年他和家人去台湾，然后在台湾学习历史。
In March of 1971, he was imprisoned because of his criticism of the island’s ruler, and was freed in November 1976.
1971年3月，他因对该岛统治者的批评而入狱，并于1976年11月获释。
Li, widely known for his open and critical comments on political affairs, opposed "Taiwan independence" and was a supporter of China’s reunification.
李以公开批评政治事务而闻名，反对“台独”，是中国统一的支持者。
