Yan Ge
Yan Ge (Chinese: 颜歌; born 1984) is the pen name of Chinese writer Dai Yuexing (戴月行).
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Native name | 颜歌 |
Born | Dai Yuexing 1984 (age 35–36) Sichuan, China |
Occupation | Novelist, writer |
Language | Standard Chinese, Sichuanese, English |
Nationality | Chinese |
Alma mater | Sichuan University |
Notable works | Our Family |
Life and career
Yan Ge was born Dai Yuexing in 1984 in Sichuan, China. She began publishing in 1994. She completed a PhD in comparative literature at Sichuan University and is the Chair of the China Young Writers Association. Her writing uses a lot of Sichuanese, rather than Standard Chinese (Mandarin).[1] People’s Literature (Renmin Wenxue 人民文学) magazine recently chose her – in a list reminiscent of The New Yorker's ‘20 under 40’ – as one of China’s twenty future literary masters. In 2012 she was chosen as Best New Writer by the prestigious Chinese Literature Media Prize (华语文学传媒大奖 最佳新人奖). Yan Ge was a guest writer at the Netherlands Crossing Borders festival in The Hague, November 2012,[2] and since then has appeared at numerous literary festivals in Europe. She now lives in Dublin.[3][4][5]
Awards
- 2003 - Chinese Literature Media Award[6]
- 2002 - 1st prize, New Concept Writing Competition[6]
- 2001 - Honored as one of China's Top 10 Young Fiction Writers by the Lu Xun Literature School of the China Writers Association
Publications
- May Queen (2008) - novel
- 《钟腻哥》Sissy Zhong - short story (translated by Nicky Harman)[7]
- 《白马》 White Horse - novella (translated by Nicky Harman)[8]
- 《照妖镜》 Demon-Reflecting Mirror[9]
- 《平乐镇伤心故事集》 "Sad Stories of Pingle Township" (5 stories including White Horse and Demon-Reflecting Mirror).[10]
- 《我们家》The Chilli Bean Paste Clan [literally, "Our Family"] - (translated by Nicky Harman) (Balestier Press, 2018), also German and French editions.[11]
- 《异兽志》 [literally "Record of Strange Beasts"] (2006) - novel, to appear in English as Strange Beasts of China (translated by Jeremy Tiang).[12]
References
- "Yan Ge: families, humour, Sichuan, a spicy dish".
- "China". Dutchculture | Centre for international cooperation.
- Abrahamsen, Eric. "Yan Ge". Paper Republic.
- "November 2014: Yan Ge 颜歌 : The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing". writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk.
- "chinese-shortstories.com". www.chinese-shortstories.com.
- "Yan Ge: A Budding Author - All China Women's Federation". www.womenofchina.cn.
- Abrahamsen, Eric. "Zhong Nige". Paper Republic.
- "White Horse - HopeRoad Publishing". www.hoperoadpublishing.com.
- "20. Reflecting Teenagers on a Sichuanese Mirror: Yan Ge and her stories from Pingle Township". November 19, 2016.
- Abrahamsen, Eric. "Reflecting Teenagers on a Sichuanese Mirror: Yan Ge and her stories from Pingle Township". Paper Republic.
- "The Chilli Bean Paste Clan".
- Abrahamsen, Eric. "Yan Ge". Paper Republic. Retrieved 2019-12-10.