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Tag Archives: literature
China’s front pages go to town on Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize
The face of the first ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature who is a Chinese citizen living in China, Mo Yan, is all over the front pages of China’s newspapers today alongside formulaic headlines. Most of the newspapers … Continue reading
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged Danwei.com, literature, Mo Yan, Nobel Prize
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The Devil pays a nighttime visit to Mr. Qian Zhongshu
Scholar Christopher G. Rea is the editor of a new book of translations of Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts: Stories and Essays by Qian Zhongshu. In an article on The China Beat, Rea says Qian “might be called the best Chinese writer you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Books and Art
Tagged books, Christopher G. Rea, Danwei.com, Demons, Devils, literature, Qian Zhongshu
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Translation award vacant in Fifth Lu Xun Literary Prize
One laureate for poetry has a series of poems lauding women from Wuhan who light up the silver screen; the translation award is vacant this year.
Posted in Translation
Tagged Chinese Writers' Association, literature, Lu Xun Literary Prize, poetry, translation
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Wang Li on mealtime hospitality
Many consider Wang Li (1900-1986) to be the founder of modern Chinese linguistics. Along with other linguists, Wang Li developed a new Chinese framework of linguistic analysis, and after 1949, he worked extensively on reforming the Chinese writing system. In addition to his linguistic contributions, Wang Li also wrote several essays. Below is “Mealtime hospitality,” originally published in 1943.
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Tagged etiquette, literature, meals, Wang Li
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A fantasy novel in a serious literary magazine: Guo Jingming in Harvest
Guo Jingming has a new fantasy novel published in a supplement to Harvest magazine. Critics go nuts.
Posted in Books, Magazines
Tagged culture wars, fantasy, Guo Jingming, Harvest, literature
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A guide to book reviews in China
Duxieren (读写人), an aggregator of book reviews, by Bimuyu, who also keeps his own literary blog.
Posted in Blogs, Books
Tagged @mwchinese, Bimuyu, blogs, book reviews, books, Duxieren, literature
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Interview with Zhou Lingfei, whose father’s father is Lu Xun
Jeremy of Danwei.org had a chat with famous Chinese writer Lu Xun’s grandson Zhou Lingfei.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged culture, history, interview, literature, Lu Xun, video, Zhou Lingfei
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Wang Gang on English and the Cultural Revolution
Wang Gang (王刚) author of the novel English (英格力士), a best-selling novel based on the author’s childhood in Urumqi, Xinjiang during the Cultural Revolution talks to Danwei’s Jeremy Goldkorn. Film shot and edited by Patrick Carr of Mandarin Film.
Posted in Books, Featured Video
Tagged books, literature, novels, Urumqi, Wang Gang, Xinjiang
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Sinologist heaps praise on Chinese genre writer
Wolfgang Kubin is quoted comparing Cai Jun to the best of Stephen King. A hoax?
Posted in Books
Tagged @altcat, Cai Jun, hype, literature, thrillers, Wolfgang Kubin
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Bloomsday in China
About Bloomsday and the Chinese translation of Ulysses.
Posted in Translation
Tagged James Joyce, June 16, literature, novels, translation, Ulysses, Wen Jieruo, Xiao Qian
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