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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.
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| Born | Li Xiaotang July 28, 1950 Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Language | Chinese | ||||||
| Alma mater | Fudan University | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 李曉 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李晓 | ||||||
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| Li Xiaotang | |||||||
| Chinese | 李小棠 | ||||||
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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 edit
| Year | Chinese title | Translated English title | Translator(s) |
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| 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 edit
- ^ Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today’s China. Grove Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-8021-1573-7.
- ^ Renditions, Autumn 2001.
- ^ Renditions, Spring 2001.
- ^ Words Without Borders, May 2004.
- ^ Folk Song. Better Link Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60220-224-5.