Zhang Yueran

Zhang Yueran (Chinese: 张悦然, pinyin: Zhāng Yuèrán; born 6 November 1982) is a Chinese writer.

Zhang Yueran
张悦然
Born
张悦然

(1982-11-07) 7 November 1982
Jinan, Shandong, China
Alma materShandong University
Occupation(s)Writer, teacher[1]

Biography

Zhang was born in 1982 in Jinan, Shandong. She is an only child. Her father was a professor of Shandong University, and he was very keen on literature.[2]

Zhang is an alumnus of Shandong Experimental High School, Shandong University and National University of Singapore.[3][4]

[5] Her main works include short stories and novels. She won the 2001 New Concept Writing Competition organised by Mengya magazine.[6] She is often labeled as part of a group of successful Chinese authors known as the "post-'80s" generation.[7][8][9][10]

In 2011 she participated in the International Writing Program Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.[11]

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Currently, Zhang is a teacher of Literary Studies in Renmin University of China.[12] Several of her works have been translated into English by Jeremy Tiang, as well as into various other languages.

Works in English
  • Ten Loves (2004)
  • The Promise Bird (2006)
  • Cocoon (2022)

Works in Chinese (Partial)
  • 《葵花走失在1890》 (Sunflowers Got Lost in 1890)
  • 《樱桃之远》 (Cherry Story)
  • 《是你来检阅我的忧伤了吗》 (You Come to My Sorrow)
  • 《十爱》 (Ten Love Stories)
  • 《水仙已乘鲤鱼去》 (Narcissus)
  • 《誓鸟》 (Birds of Swear)
  • 《鲤系列》 (Carp Series)
  • 《昼若夜房间》 (A Room of Day and Night)
  • 《繭》 (Cocoon)

References
  1. “语文老师”张悦然 Retrieved 2 January 2017
  2. 张悦然：现实中，我的父亲挺正常的 Retrieved 2 January 2017
  3. 山东省实验中学传奇 Retrieved 2 January 2017
  4. 追溯历史 直面父辈创伤 80后张悦然开始写历史 Retrieved 2 January 2017
  5. Aijun Zhu (2007). Feminism and global Chineseness. Cambria Press. p. xix. ISBN 978-1-934043-12-7.
  6. Hui Yu; Xianghua Ai (2007). Reading in China. China Intercontinental Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-7-5085-1138-2.
  7. King, Aventurina (4 May 2008). "China's Pop Fiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  8. 旧墙上的新窗子——作家张悦然专访 Retrieved 2 January 2017
  9. 张悦然：我们的青春结束了 但愿阅读没有结束 Retrieved 2 January 2017
  10. 张悦然 青春走远 破“茧”而出 Retrieved 2 January 2017
  11. "2011 Resident Participants | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  12. 张悦然：我们早慧而晚熟 出发虽迟终会抵达 Retrieved 2 January 2017


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