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Contemporary Chinese Fiction Writers: Biography, Bibliography, And Contemporary Chinese Fiction Writers In the years since the death of Mao Zedong, interest in Chinese writers and Chinese literature has risen significantly in the West. In 2000, Gao Xingjian became the first Chinese writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, followed by Mo Yan in 2012, and writers such as Ha Jin and Da Sijie have also become well known in the West. Despite this progress, the vast majority of Chinese writers remain largely unknown outside China. This book introduces the lives and works of 80 contemporary Chinese writers and focuses on writers from the “Rightist” generation (Lu Wentu, Wang Meng, Zhang Xianliang), writers of the Red Guard generation (Han Shaogong, Liang Xiaosheng, Zhang Chengzhi), and post-Cultural Revolution writers, as well as others. Unlike earlier works, it provides detailed, often first-hand biographical information on this wide range of writers, including their career trajectories, major themes, and artistic characteristics. Each entry includes a critical presentation and evaluation of the writer’s major works, and those translated into English. There is also a selected bibliography of publications that includes works in Chinese and books available in English. Offering a valuable contribution to the field of contemporary Chinese literature, by making detailed information about Chinese writers more accessible, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese literature, contemporary literature, and Chinese studies. Laifong Leung taught Chinese literature, language, and calligraphy at the University of Alberta, Canada. This page intentionally left blank 1EEE 2 3 4 5111 6111 7111 Contemporary Chinese 8 9 10 1 Fiction Writers 2 EEE3 4 Biography, Bibliography, 5 6111 7 and Critical Assessment 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5EEE 6 Laifong Leung 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50 1 2 3EEEE First published 2017 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2017 Taylor & Francis The right of Laifong Leungto be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Names: Leung, Laifong, 1948– author. Title: Contemporary Chinese fiction writers : biography, bibliography, and critical assessment / Laifong Leung. Description: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015049688| ISBN 9780765617606 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315719504 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Authors, Chinese—Biography—Dictionaries. | Chinese fiction—20th century—Bio-bibliography. Classification: LCC PL2442 .L38 2016 | DDC 895.13/509—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015049688 ISBN: 978-0-7656-1760-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-71950-4 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon and Frutiger by Florence Production Ltd, Stoodleigh, Devon, UK THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO: THE LATE PROFESSOR MICHAEL FUTRELL, who urged me to write this book PROFESSOR ANDREW PARKIN, who gave me confidence MY LATE FATHER, SHEK JIM LEUNG, who helped me in his own way MY BROTHER, RON LEUNG, who supported me throughout MY HUSBAND, RANDY LOUIS, who stood by me all the way along MY SON RICHARD LOUIS, who patiently waited for me to complete the book This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Writers ix Preface and Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1 Contemporary Chinese Fiction Writers A–Z 9 Chronology of Important Events since 1911 347 List of Journals and Newspapers 350 Glossary of Names and Terms 353 Bibliography 361 Index 371 This page intentionally left blank Writers WRITERS IN ALPHABETICAL Chi Zijian (f) ORDER Writer from North Pole Village Ah Cheng (m) Cong Weixi (m) “King of Chess” Gulag Survivor Alai (m): Dai Houying (f) Half Hui and Half Tibetan From Fervent Red Guard to Critic of Mao Bai Hua (m) Deng Youmei (m) Braving through Political Campaigns Re-imaging Old Beijing Bei Cun (m) Fang Fang (f) A Christian Writer Constructing the “Landscape” of Wuhan Bi Feiyu (m) Feng Jicai (m) Portraying Women and Blind People Rescuing Human Nature and Folk Culture Can Xue (f) Gao Xiaosheng (m) Probing the Subconscious and the Grotesque Writing Satire and Fantasy Chen Cun (m) Gao Xingjian (m) Subverting the Grand Narrative Nobel Prize Winner, Novelist, and Chen Jiangong (m) Playwright From the Coal Mine to the Beijing Alleys Ge Fei (m) Chen Ran (f) A Member of the Literati with Avant-Garde A Sensitive Feminist Characteristics Chen Zhongshi (m) Han Shaogong (m) Constructing the White Deer Plain Rustication and Root-Searching Cheng Naishan (f) He Liwei (m) Nostalgia for Old Shanghai Innovator of Narrative Language Chi Li (f) Jia Pingwa (m) Capturing the Rhythm of the City A Member of the Peasant Literati in Xi’an x LIST OF WRITERS Jiang Rong (m) Lu Xing’er (f) Playing with Wolves Promoting Women’s Self-empowerment Jiang Zilong (m) Lu Xinhua (m) Forerunner of Reform Literature Father of Scar Literature Kong Jiesheng (m) Lu Yao (m) From Canton to Washington, DC Caught between Rural and Urban Lao Gui (m) Ma Yuan (m) A Rebel Creator of Labyrinths Li Hangyu (m) Mai Jia (m) Searching Roots in Folk Culture Pioneer of Spy Fiction Li Rui (m) Mo Yan (m) Digging the Deep Earth Nobel Prize Winner from the Liang Xiaosheng (m) Land of Red Sorghum An Idealist from Harbin Qiu Huadong (m) Lin Bai (f) A City “Intruder” A Feminist Wanderer from Guangxi Shen Rong (f) Lin Jinlan (m) From Propaganda to Satire A Wise Man Knowing the Art of Emptiness Shi Tiesheng (m) Liu Cixin (m) Not Confined to a Wheelchair A Star in Chinese Science Fiction Su Tong (m) Liu Heng (m) An Energetic Storyteller from Suzhou From Fiction to Film to Drama Tashi Dawa (m) Liu Qingbang (m) Writing Tibet and Its Soul King of Short Fiction Tie Ning (f) Liu Shaotang (m) A Versatile Writer of the Rural and Preserving Tales Along the Grand Canal the Urban Liu Xinglong (m) Wang Anyi (f) A Humanist from Small Town Flexible and Prolific Writer from Shanghai Liu Xinwu (m) Wang Meng (m) Pioneer of Scar Literature Forever a Young Man Liu Zhenyun (m) Wang Shuo (m) Piercing through Officialdom and History Not Only a “Hooligan Writer” Lu Tianming (m) Wang Zengqi (m) Fearless Writer of Anti-corruption Fiction Merging with Nature and the Void Lu Wenfu (m) Xu Kun (f) Connoisseur of Suzhou Between Beijing and Shenyang LIST OF WRITERS xi Xu Xiaobin (f) Zhou Daxin (m) Not Just a Feminist Writer Escaping from the Plateau Yan Lianke (m) Zhu Lin (f) An Exuberant Peasant-soldier Writer Giving Voice to Women and the Juvenile Yang Xianhui (m) Zhu Xiaoping (m) Chronicling the Gulag and the Famine An Outsider in Mulberry Tree Village Ye Guangqin (f) Zong Pu (f) A Manchu Princess A Woman Literati Member and Modernist Ye Xin (m) Writing Rustication and Shanghai WRITERS ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER Yu Hua (m) BY YEAR OF BIRTH Obsessed with Paranoia, Violence, and Suffering Wang Zengqi (1920–1998; m) Merging with Nature and the Void Zhang Chengzhi (m) Red Guard and Muslim Lin Jinlan (1923–2009; m) A Wise Man Knowing the Art of Emptiness Zhang Jie (f) An Angry Feminist Gao Xiaosheng (1928–1999; m) Writing Satire and Fantasy Zhang Kangkang (f) A Trendsetter and More Lu Wenfu (1928–2005; m) Connoisseur of Suzhou Zhang Ping (m) A Fierce Critic of Corruption Zong Pu (b. 1928; f) A Woman Literati Member and Modernist Zhang Wei (m) A Member of the Literati from Shandong Bai Hua (b. 1930; m) Braving through Political Campaigns Zhang Xian (m) Sympathizer with Women’s Plight Deng Youmei (b. 1931; m) Re-imaging Old Beijing Zhang Xianliang (m) Prominent Writer of the Chinese Gulag Cong Weixi (b. 1933; m) Gulag Survivor Zhang Xin (f) Portraying Women Entrepreneurs Wang Meng (b. 1934; m) in Canton Forever a Young Man Zhang Xinxin (f) Zhang Xian (1934–1997; m) Restless Woman on the Road Sympathizer with Women’s Plight Zheng Wanlong (m) Liu Shaotang (1936–1997; m) Seeking Roots in Gold Mines and Minorities Preserving Tales Along the Grand Canal Zheng Yi (m) Shen Rong (b. 1936; f) A Flexible Rebel and Thinker From Propaganda to Satire xii LIST OF WRITERS Zhang Xianliang (1936–2014; m) Chen Jiangong (b. 1949; m) Prominent Writer of the Chinese Gulag From the Coal Mine to the Beijing Alleys Zhang Jie (b. 1937; f) Li Rui (b. 1949; m) An Angry Feminist Digging the Deep Earth Dai Houying (1938–1996; f) Liang Xiaosheng (b. 1949; m) From Fervent Red Guard to Critic of Mao An Idealist from Harbin Gao Xingjian (b. 1940; m) Lu Xing’er (1949–2004; f) Nobel Prize Winner, Novelist, and Playwright Promoting Women’s Self-empowerment Jiang Zilong (b. 1941; m) Lu Yao (1949–1992; m) Forerunner of Reform Literature Caught between Rural and Urban Chen Zhongshi (b. 1942–2016; m) Ye Xin (b. 1949; m) Constructing the White Deer Plain Writing Rustication and Shanghai Feng Jicai (b.
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