Yan Lianke novel awarded Honglou meng prize
Source: 腾讯新闻 (7/19/16) 阎连科《日熄》获第六届“红楼梦奖”首奖 摘要阎连科说这部作品写作过程非常辛苦，经历了无数次修改，“在这部小说里，我有意的放弃宏大叙事，宏大的历史背景没有了。在这个小说里，只写了一个晚上，一个镇子的生活，所有的故事发生在一个晚上，主要人物是一个家庭，其他人物有几十个。”...
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Source: Taipei Times (7/23/16) Book review: Behind the masks Set in turn-of-the-century Seoul and Taipei, Shih Chiung-yu’s novel depicts what it means to be a woman reconciling the scars of a tortured...
View ArticleWhy translations of premodern poetry are having their moment (5)
I saw that you were on the look out for translations of 春望 so I thought I would send you mine. It was one of three translations I made during the dreadful months after 911 when I felt like Du Fu after...
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Thoughts in Spring By Du Fu The nation ruined, mountains and rivers remain, In spring, the city overgrown with plants. Stirred by the times, flowers seem to weep, Birds startle my heart saddened by...
View ArticleCrystal Wedding review
From: Roh-Suan Tung <roh.tung@balestier.com> Source: My Chinese Books (7/27/16) Xu Xiaobin, romance, some sex and some good books Review by Bertrand Mialaret Xu Xiaobin is a famous writer in...
View ArticleWhy translations of premodern poetry are having their moment (7)
Wow. Steve Bradbury’s translation of “春望” is the best one I’ve read, by far. This is what I said, it has to connect to your own experience. Thanks very much, Steve. Martin <dujuan99@gmail.com>
View ArticleDystopian fictions in the time of Trump
Source: TLS Blog (8/3/16) Dystopian fictions in the time of Trump: A letter from America By JEFFREY WASSERSTROM I’m not sure why others read dystopian novels, but I know why I turn to them – and why,...
View ArticleTurning Points: Women Writers from Taiwan
Source: Words without Borders (Aug. 2016) August 2016: Turning Points: Women Writers from Taiwan This month we present new work by women writers from Taiwan. In prose, poetry, and drama, the six...
View ArticleSea Summit review
Source: Cutbank (8/19/16) CUTBANK REVIEWS: Sea Summit: Not in the Heart, but in the Humming Sea Summit by Yi Lu Translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain Review by Christina Cook Sea Summit, a collection of...
View ArticleHao Jingfang wins Hugo award
Source: SCMP (8/21/16) Chinese sci-fi writer beats Stephen King for top fiction prize Hao Jingfang wins Hugo award with dark story of social inequality and injustice in Beijing By Catherine Wong A...
View ArticleA Modern Miscellany review
MCLC and MCLC Resource Center are pleased to announce publication of John A. Crespi’s review of A Modern Miscellany: Shanghai Cartoon Artists, Shao Xunmei’s Circle and the Travels of Jack Chen,...
View ArticlePoetry dreams and new books
This month I participated in a great conference at Stockholm University called The China Dream. There were very impressive panels on film and media culture. We also had a few interesting papers on...
View ArticleXue Yiwei, Montreal’s literary secret
Source: Montreal Gazette (8/25/16) Montreal’s Chinese literary secret is finally out By IAN MCGILLIS In a world where we like to think everything is interconnected, the case of Xue Yiwei is remarkable....
View ArticlePoetry Sky, no. 44
The 44th issue (Summer 2016) of Poetry Sky has been published. The original work and translations of twenty contemporary Chinese and American poets are included. This issue was edited by Dr. Kyle...
View ArticleHan Han’s The Problem with Me
Source: NYT (9/2/16) Essays by Han Han, the Chinese Blogger and Media Superstar 点击查看本文中文版 Read in Chinese By IAN BURUMA THE PROBLEM WITH ME And Other Essays About Making Trouble in China Today By Han...
View ArticleMore on Ning Ken’s ultra-unreal
Source: Quartz (9/20/16) A new literary genre critiques the scariest, most unbelievable part of life in China—reality BY Adrienne Matei Traditional literary tropes have struggled to describe China’s...
View ArticleMore on Ning Ken’s ultra-unreal (1)
A quick clarification: the “essay” by Ning Ken referred in this piece in “Quartz” was a talk given in Chinese at Middlebury College. My translation of the talk was published by the New England Review...
View ArticleInterview with Han Han
Source: NYT (9/20/16) Once a Voice of Young China, Han Han Stakes Out a Different Path By KAROLINE KAN Once celebrated as the voice of China’s rebellious youth and the country’s most-read blogger, Han...
View ArticleWang Anyi wins 2017 Newman Prize
WANG ANYI WINS 2017 NEWMAN PRIZE FOR CHINESE LITERATURE 王安忆荣获2017年美国纽曼华语文学奖 http://www.ou.edu/uschina/newman/home.html, 405/325-3580 NORMAN, OK – An international jury has selected the Shanghai...
View ArticleMurong Xuecun on personal freedoms
Source: NYT (9/23/16) Beijing’s Disturbing Turn Against Personal Freedoms By Murong Xuecun HUANGSHAN, China — In February 2015, a group of about 15 people met at a restaurant in the Chaoyang District...
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