Liu Zhenyun
Liu Zhenyun 刘震云 | |
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Born |
May 1958 (age 58) Yanjin, Henan, China |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Chinese |
Alma mater | Peking University |
Notable works | One Sentence worth Ten Thousand |
Notable awards |
Mao Dun Literature Prize 2011 |
Spouse | Guo Jianmei 郭建梅 |
Liu Zhenyun (born 1958) is a Chinese novelist. His novel One Sentence worth Ten Thousand was awarded the 2011 Mao Dun Literature Prize.
Biography
Liu was born in Yanjin, Henan Province in 1958. In 1973 he joined the People's Liberation Army and spent five years in the Gobi desert. In 1978, he took the gaokao and got the highest score in Henan Province admitted into the prestigious Peking University. After graduating from university, he became a journalist at the Farmers Daily.
Novels
- I Did Not Kill My Husband (2014, Arcade Publishing, Translated by Howard Goldblatt) ISBN 9781628724264
- I am Not Pan Jinlian (2012)
- One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand (一句顶一万句; 2008)
- Chicken Feathers Everywhere (一地鸡毛; 1992)
- Tapu Township (塔铺; 1982)
Awards
- 2011: Mao Dun Literature Prize, winner, One Sentence worth Ten Thousand[1]
References
- ↑ Zhang Zhongjiang (2011-08-20). 刘震云莫言等5人作品获第八届茅盾文学奖. Netease (in Chinese). Retrieved 2012-07-28.
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