Hong Ying(Chinese:Hồng ảnh;pinyin:Hóng Yǐng;born September 21, 1962) is a Chinese author.
Hong Ying | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Hồng ảnh |
| Born | September 21, 1962 Chongqing,China |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet |
| Language | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Lu Xun Literary Institute Fudan University |
| Period | 1981–present |
| Genre | Poem, novel |
| Spouse |
Zhao Yiheng
(m.1991;div.2003) |
| Children | 1 |
Biography
editHong was born inChongqingon September 21, 1962, towards the end of theGreat Leap Forward.She began to write at eighteen, leaving home shortly afterwards to spend the next ten years moving around China, exploring her voice as a writer via poems and short stories. After brief periods of study at the Lu Xun Academy in Beijing and Shanghai’sFudan University,Hong Ying moved to London in 1991 where she settled as a writer. She returned to Beijing in 2000.
Work
editBest known in English for the novelsK: the Art of Love,Summer of Betrayal,Peacock Cries,and her autobiographyDaughter of the River.Hong Ying’s work has been published in twenty languages and has appeared on the bestseller lists of numerous countries. She won the Prize of Rome forK: the Art of Lovein 2005 and many of her books have been or are now in the process of being turned into television series and films.
Hong Ying has long been interested in stories of homosexuals living in China, a theme explored in her short story collection,A Lipstick Called Red Pepper: Fiction About Gay and Lesbian Love in China 1993–1998.In her work, she likes to focus on human stories, hardship and history. Her responsibility as a writer, she believes, is in part to explore the lives of marginalised groups struggling for visibility – and for compassion – in contemporary China.
In recent years, Hong Ying has written a number of books for children:Mimidola: the River Child;[1]The Girl from the French Fort;The Legend of Liya;New Moon Rise.[2]
Personal life
editHong Ying is married to Adam Williams, born 1953, a banker and businessman turned writer. Williams is a fourth generation Briton, born to a family with colonial ties to the Far East. They have been married since 2009 and have a daughter Sybil. They live in London andLe Marche,Italy.[3][4]
Novels
edit- Far Goes the Girl(1994) 《 nữ tử hữu hành 》
- Taiwan: Erya Press 1996; Mainland China: Jiangsu Literary Press 1997
- Summer of Betrayal(1995)
- Meulenhoff, Holland, 1997; Tiden Norsk, Norway, 1997; De Seuil, France, 1997; Bloomsbury, UK, 1997; Farrar Straus & Giroux, US, 1997; Krueger, Germany, 1997 (paperback by Aufbau 2004); Mondadori, Italy, 1997; Aoyama, Japan, 1998; Plaza & Janes, Spain, 1998; Gyldendal, Denmark, 1998; Norstedts, Sweden, 1998; Livros do Brasil, Portugal, 2001
- Daughter of the River(1997)《 cơ ngạ đích nữ nhi 》(in Chinese, literally:Daughter of Hunger)
- Taiwan: Erya Press, 1997; Mainland China: Sichuan Literary Press, 1999 (Relaunched by Lijiang Press 2001, Relaunched by Zhishi Press, 2003); Meulenhoff, Holland, 1998; Bloomsbury, UK, 1998; Mondadori, Italy, 1998; Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1998; Grove/Atlantic, US 1999; Norstedts, Sweden, 1999; Tiden Norsk, Norway, 1999; De Sueil, France, 1999; Kinneret, Israel, 2001; Politik Forlag, Denmark, 2001; Otava, Finland, 2001; Govostis, Greece, 2002; Hangilsa, South Korea; Shuei-Sha, Japan; Bertelsmann Media, Poland; Aufbau, Germany; Planeta, Spain
- A Lipstick Called Red Pepper: Stories and Novellas(1993–1998)
- Edition Cathey, Bochum University Press, 1999
- K(1999) 《K》
- Taiwan, Erya Press, 1999; Mainland China, Huashan Press, 2001 (Relaunched by Spring Breeze Press, 2003); Meulenhoff, Holland, 2000; Norstedts, Sweden 2001; Marion Boyars, UK & US, 2002 (Paperback bought by Transworld); De Seuil, France, 2003; Hangilsa, South Korea; Aufbau, Germany, 2004; Metaichimo, Greece; Garzanti Libri, Italy; Metaixmio, Greece; Grup 62, Spain; Pluto, Slovenia; Kineret, Israel; JLX Publishers, Hungary; Kasander Film Company signed Film Option, December 2003
- Ananda(2001) 《 a nan 》
- Mainland China: Hunan Literary Press, 2001 (Relaunched by Zhishi Press 2003); Taiwan: Unitas Press, 2002
- The Peacock Cries(2002) 《 khổng tước đích khiếu hảm 》
- Mainland China: Zhishi Publishing House 2003; Taiwan: Unitas Publishing House 2003; English: Marion Boyars, 2004; Germany: Aufbau
- Lord of Shanghai(2003)
- Mainland China: Changjiang Literary Publishing House, 2003; Taiwan: Nine Songs Publishing House, 2003; Film adaptation purchased by Sherwood Hu, 2003; TV adaptation right purchased by Tongdao Film Company, 2003; Germany: Aufbau; South Korea: Hangilsa
- The Green Platye(2004)
- Mainland China: Shanghai Literary Press, 2004; Taiwan: Nine Songs Press, 2004
- Death in Shanghai(2005)
- Taiwan: Nine Songs Press, 2005; Mainland China: Shandong Publishing House, March 2005; Hairun Film Company signed film/TV double contract, March 2005; South Korea: Hangilsa
- "Good Children of the Flower" (2016) 《 hảo nhi nữ hoa 》
References
edit- ^http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2016-05/25/content_25460543.htm
- ^Published as bilingual books in China, translated by Nicholas Smith, illustrated by Cherry Denman.http://www.chinadailyasia.com/lifestyle/2015-05/06/content_15259796.htmlArchived2015-10-03 at theWayback Machine
- ^"About the author Adam Williams".
- ^Archived atGhostarchiveand theWayback Machine:Adam Williams marries Chinese author Hong Ying in Italian hill-top village!.YouTube.