Liu Zhenyun
Liu Zhenyun | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Lưu chấn vân |
| Born | May 1958 (age 66) Yanjin County, Henan,China |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Peking University |
| Notable works | Someone to Talk To |
| Notable awards | Mao Dun Literature Prize 2011 |
| Spouse | Guo JianmeiQuách kiến mai |
| Children | Liu Yulin |
Liu Zhenyun(born May 1958) is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter.[1]He is best known for his novelSomeone to Talk To(awarded the 2011Mao Dun Literature Prize) as well as his involvement with the many film adaptions of his books. Among these isI Am Not Madame Bovary,produced in collaboration with directorFeng Xiaogang,a frequent collaborator of Liu. He is married to noted human rights activistGuo Jianmei.[2]
Life and Work
[edit]Liu grew up in the village of Laozhuang inYanjin County,Henan,China. At age 14, he left his village and joined the army.[3]At age 20, he took thenational college entrance exam,achieved the highest score in Henan province, and was accepted atPeking University.[4]After graduation, he became a journalist.[5]In the 1980s Liu began to concentrate seriously on his literary career, publishing his debut novellaTapu,in 1987.
He went on to publish novels such asHometown, Regime and Blood( cố hương thiên hạ hoa cúc ),Anecdotes in the Hometown( cố hương ở chung truyền lưu ),Material and Spirit in the Hometown( cố hương mặt cùng đóa hoa ),Nonsense Talk( một khang vô nghĩa ),Cell Phone( di động ),The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon( ta kêu Lưu nhảy lên ).
His novelsSomeone to Talk To( một câu đỉnh một vạn câu ) andI Did Not Kill My Husband( ta không phải Phan Kim Liên ) have sold over a million copies each.Someone to Talk Towas awarded withMao Dun Literature Prizein 2011[6]and has sold more than 1.6 million copies.
He has also authored novellas such asA Small Town: Tapu( tháp phô ),Recruits( tân binh liền ),The Office( đơn vị ),Ground Covered with Chicken Feathers( đầy đất lông gà ),Remembering 1942( ôn cố 1942 ). Throughout the years, Liu's works have been translated into over 28 languages.[7]
Many of Liu's books have been adapted into TV series and movies. He has written the screenplays for some of them including:A Small Town: Tapu,Ground Covered with Chicken Feathers,The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon,Remembering 1942,Someone to Talk To,I Did Not Kill My Husband.Several of these adapted films have been awarded in the film festivals around the world, including theToronto International Film Festival,theRome Film Festival,theBusan International Film Festival,and theHong Kong International Film Festival,among others.
Themes and influences
[edit]Liu often credits his upbringing in Yanjin county as influencing his work, especially growing up in the shadow of the1942 famine.[8]He also is noted for including political criticism as well as advocating for social justice in his works.[9]
Works
[edit]| Year | Title | Chinese Publisher | English Publisher | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | A Small Town: Tapu( tháp phô )[citation needed] | Writers Publishing House | ||
| 1991 | Hometown, Regime and Blood( cố hương thiên hạ hoa cúc )[10] | Trung Quốc thanh niên nhà xuất bản
(China Youth Press) |
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| 1992 | Corridors of Power( quan trường )[11] | Hoa nghệ nhà xuất bản
(Hua Yi Publishing House) |
Chinese Literature Press | David Kwan |
| 1992 | Ground Covered with Chicken Feathers( đầy đất lông gà )[12] | China Youth Press | Foreign Languages Press[13] | |
| 1992 | Official( quan nhân )[14] | Trường Giang văn nghệ nhà xuất bản
(Yangtze River Literature & Art Publishing House) |
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| 1993 | Anecdotes in the Hometown( cố hương ở chung truyền lưu )[15] | Hua Yi Publishing House | ||
| 1998 | Material and Spirit in the Hometown( cố hương mặt cùng đóa hoa )[16] | |||
| 2002 | Nonsense Talk( một khang vô nghĩa )[citation needed] | Trung Quốc công nhân nhà xuất bản
(China Workers Publishing House) |
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| 2003 | Cellphone( di động )[17] | Writers Publishing House | MerwinAsia[18] | Howard Goldblatt |
| 2007 | The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon( ta kêu Lưu nhảy lên )[19][20] | Yangtze River Literature & Art Publishing House | Arcade Publishing | Howard Goldblatt &Sylvia Li-chun Lin |
| 2009 | Someone to Talk To( một câu đỉnh một vạn câu )[21][22](also known asOne Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences) | Duke University Press | ||
| 2009 | Remembering 1942( ôn cố 1942 )[23][24] | People's Literature Publishing House | Arcade Publishing | |
| 2012 | I Did Not Kill My Husband( ta không phải Phan Kim Liên )[25][26] | Yangtze River Literature & Art Publishing House | ||
| 2017 | The Era of Watermelon Eaters ( ăn dưa thời đại con cái )[27][28] | |||
| 2021 | One Day Three Autumns ( một ngày dài bằng ba thu )[29] | Hoa thành nhà xuất bản
(Huacheng Publishing House) |
Sinoist Press[30] | Howard Goldblatt & Sylvia Li-chun Lin |
Awards
[edit]- 2011:Mao Dun Literature Prize,winner,Someone to Talk To[31]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Film review: I Am Not Madame Bovary – Fan Bingbing defies petty bureaucracy in dark satire".South China Morning Post.Archivedfrom the original on 25 January 2018.Retrieved17 January2018.
- ^"Permission to Speak".NewsChina.Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2018.Retrieved17 January2018.
- ^"Permission to Speak".NewsChina.Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2018.Retrieved18 January2018.
- ^Tất nam."How math made him a better writer - Chinadaily.cn".chinadaily.cn.Archivedfrom the original on 19 January 2018.Retrieved18 January2018.
- ^"Permission to Speak".NewsChina.Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2018.Retrieved18 January2018.
- ^Abrahamsen, Eric."The Mao Dun Literary Prize Winners".Paper Republic.Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2018.Retrieved17 January2018.
- ^"Beijing International Book Fair-New Reading Promotion Ambassador for BIBF".bibf.net.Archivedfrom the original on 31 March 2018.Retrieved17 January2018.
- ^Zhenyun, Liu (30 November 2012)."Opinion | Why Won't the Chinese Acknowledge the 1942 Famine?".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2018.Retrieved17 January2018.
- ^"Permission to Speak".NewsChina.Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2018.Retrieved17 January2018.
- ^"Yellow Flowers: All Over Hometown".Amazon.cn.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^Liu, Zhenyun (1994).Corridors of Power.ISBN750710222X.
- ^"Ground Covered with Chicken Feathers".Amazon.cn.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^Liu, Zhenyun (2014).Ground Covered with Chicken Feathers.ISBN978-7119087573.
- ^Quan nhân.Vượt thế kỷ văn tùng. Trường Giang văn nghệ nhà xuất bản. December 1992.ISBN9787535407368.Archivedfrom the original on 30 May 2013.
- ^"Hometown Stories Spread".Amazon.cn.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^"Flour and Flowers from My Homeland".Amazon.cn.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^"Cellphone".Amazon.cn.Tác gia nhà xuất bản.Archivedfrom the original on 2 April 2013.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^Zhenyun, Liu (2011).Cellphone.ISBN978-0983659921.
- ^"I am Liu Yuejin".Amazon.cn.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^Zhenyun, Liu (4 August 2015).The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon: A Novel of Contemporary China.ISBN978-1628725209.
- ^"One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences".Amazon.cn.Trường Giang văn nghệ nhà xuất bản.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^Liu, Zhenyun (3 April 2018).Someone to Talk To: A Novel (Sinotheory).ISBN978-0822370833.
- ^"Remembering 1942".Douban.Nhân dân văn học nhà xuất bản.Archivedfrom the original on 27 August 2017.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^Zhenyun, Liu (November 2016).Remembering 1942: And Other Chinese Stories.ISBN978-1628727128.
- ^"I Did Not Kill My Husband".Amazon.cn.Trường Giang văn nghệ nhà xuất bản.Retrieved26 June2017.
- ^Zhenyun, Liu (14 October 2014).I Did Not Kill My Husband.ISBN978-1628724264.
- ^Ăn dưa thời đại con cái.Trường Giang văn nghệ nhà xuất bản. 1 November 2017.ISBN9787535499639.Archivedfrom the original on 31 March 2018.
- ^"Who are China's 'Watermelon Eaters?' - Caixin Global".cai xing lobal.Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2018.Retrieved17 January2018.
- ^Một ngày dài bằng ba thu.Hoa thành nhà xuất bản. 1 November 2017.ISBN9787536094420.
- ^Liu, Zhenyun (2023).One Day Three Autumns.
- ^Zhang Zhong gian g (20 August 2011).Lưu chấn vân không nói chờ 5 người tác phẩm hoạch thứ tám giới mao thuẫn văn học thưởng.Netease(in Chinese). Archived fromthe originalon 8 April 2017.Retrieved28 July2012.
