Ye Zhaoyan

Ye Zhaoyan (born July 1957) is a Chinese author based in Nanjing. Many of his books have been translated into English and other languages.

Ye Zhaoyan
Born	July 1957 (age 63) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Alma mater	Nanjing University
Relatives	Yao Cheng (姚澄), mother Ye Zhicheng (叶至诚), father Ye Shengtao, grandfather
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	葉兆言
Simplified Chinese	叶兆言
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Zhàoyán

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

His paternal grandfather Ye Shengtao was one of China's most influential educators, and his mother Yao Cheng (姚澄) was a famous Wuxi opera actress.

Works translated into English

Year	Chinese title	Translated English title	Translator(s)
1994	花影	A Flower's Shade[1]	?
1995	凶杀之都	"Murder Capital"[2]	Shelly Bryant
1996	一九三七年的爱情	Nanjing 1937: A Love Story[3]	Michael Berry
	左轮三五七	"Police Python 357"[2]	Helen Wang
1997	作家林美女士	"The Writer Ms. Lin Mei"[2]	Jesse Field
1999	老南京·旧影秦淮	Old Nanjing: Reflections of Scenes on the Qinhuai River[4]	Huang Lin, Hao Wei
2003	我们的心多么顽固	How Stubborn Our Hearts[5]	?
2006	别人的爱情	Other People's Love[6]	?

A Flower's Shade was the basis for Chen Kaige's 1996 film Temptress Moon,[3] although Ye was not credited in the film.[7]

References

1. Ye Zhaoyan (2016) [1994]. A Flower's Shade. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-7500-5.
2. Chinese Arts and Letters, April 2015.
3. Ye Zhaoyan (2002) [1996]. Nanjing 1937: A Love Story. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12754-5.
4. Ye Zhaoyan (2003) [1999]. Old Nanjing: Reflections of Scenes on the Qinghuai River. Foreign Languages Press. ISBN 7119030485.
5. Ye Zhaoyan (2016) [2003]. How Stubborn Our Hearts. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-7503-6.
6. Ye Zhaoyan (2016) [2006]. Other People's Love. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-7499-2.
7. (in Chinese) 陈凯歌拍电影《风月》伤了好友叶兆言