Li Xiao (writer)

Li Xiao (born Li Xiaotang on 28 July 1950) is a Chinese writer based in Shanghai. He is the son of writer Ba Jin.

Li Xiao
Born	Li Xiaotang (1950-07-28) July 28, 1950 Shanghai, China
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Fudan University
Relatives	Ba Jin, father Xiao Shan, mother
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李曉
Simplified Chinese	李晓
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Xiǎo
Li Xiaotang
Chinese	李小棠
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Xiǎotáng

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Born in Shanghai, Li worked in the countryside of Anhui during the Cultural Revolution for 8 years as a sent-down youth. After the Cultural Revolution, Li attended Fudan University.

Li Xiao's 1994 novel Rules of a Clan (门规) was adapted into a 1995 film Shanghai Triad directed by Zhang Yimou.

Works translated into English

Year	Chinese title	Translated English title	Translator(s)
1986	屋顶上的青草	"Grass on the Rooftop"[1]	Madeline K. Spring
	机关轶事	"Anecdotes from the Office"[2]	Zhu Hong
1988	关于行规的闲话	"Rules of the Game"[3]
1992	相会在K市	"Appointment in K City"[4]
	民谣	"Folk Song"	Wu Xiaozhen, Qiu Maoru[5]
1993	一种叫太阳红的瓜	"'Sunny Red' Melons"

References

1. Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today’s China. Grove Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-8021-1573-7.
2. Renditions, Autumn 2001.
3. Renditions, Spring 2001.
4. Words Without Borders, May 2004.
5. Folk Song. Better Link Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60220-224-5.