Ya Ding

Chinese writer and translator (born 1959)

Ya Ding (Chinese: 亚丁; born 1959) is a Chinese writer^[1] and translator.

He comes from a little village^[specify] in North China and after his secondary studies he worked as a farmer thanks to Down to the Countryside Movement. After the Cultural Revolution, he created the first University of Beijing student revue and started to translate French authors.

Awards

1988: Prix Cazes for Le Sorgho rouge.
1988: Prix de l'Asie for Le Sorgho rouge
1988: Prix de la Découverte du Pen Club français
1989: Prix de l'Été for Les Héritiers des sept royaumes.
1991: Prix Contrepoint for Le Jeu de l'eau et du feu

Publications

1987 Le Sorgho rouge, novel
1988 Les Héritiers des sept royaumes, novel
1990 Le Jeu de l'eau et de feu, novel
1992 Le Cercle de petit ciel, novel
1994 La Jeune Fille Tong, novel

References

^ Oklahoma, University of (1989). World literature today. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 332. Retrieved 9 June 2011.

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