Bi Feiyu
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| native_name = 毕飞宇
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| birth_place = Xinghua, Jiangsu, China
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| occupation = Novelist
| language = Chinese
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| alma_mater = Yangzhou Normal College
| period = 1987 - present
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Bi Feiyu ({{zh|s=毕飞宇|hp=Bì Fēiyǔ}}, born 1964) is a Chinese writer.Chitralekha Basu and Song Wenwei. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-01/12/content_14426116.htm "From absurdity to reality"], China Daily, Jan 12, 2012 His works are known for their complex portrayal of the "female psyche." He has won some of the highest literary awards in China. He also wrote the screenplay for Zhang Yimou's 1996 film Shanghai Triad.
Biography
Bi was born in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province in 1964. His name Feiyu means "one who flies across the universe". He lives in Nanjing.
Critical reception
Feiyu's novel The Moon Opera ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|青衣}}), translated by Howard Goldblatt, was longlisted for the 2008 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize,[http://www.writinguniversity.org/index.php/main/entry/bi_feiyus_the_moon_opera_selected_for_independent_foreign_fiction_prize_lon/ Bi Feiyu’s ‘The Moon Opera’ selected for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize long-list] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102213548/http://www.writinguniversity.org/index.php/main/entry/bi_feiyus_the_moon_opera_selected_for_independent_foreign_fiction_prize_lon/ |date=January 2, 2011 }} while Three Sisters ({{lang|zh|玉米, 玉秀, 玉秧}}), also translated by Goldblatt, won the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110301042657/http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/bi-feiyu/ Bi Feiyu. The Man Asian Literary Prize]}} In China, his awards include twice winning the Lu Xun Literary Prize; and the 2011 Mao Dun Prize, the highest national literary award, for Massage.
Selected works in translation
- {{cite book|title=Massage|date=February 2015|publisher=Penguin|location=Melbourne|isbn=978-0-67-008097-7|translator= Howard Goldblatt |translator2=Sylvia Li-chun Lin}}
- {{cite book|title=Three Sisters|date=June 2010|publisher=Telegram|location=London|isbn=9781846590238|translator= Howard Goldblatt |translator2=Sylvia Li-chun Lin}}
- {{Cite book| title=The Moon Opera| publisher=Telegram| location=London| date=November 2007| isbn=978-0-15-101294-7|translator= Howard Goldblatt |translator2=Sylvia Li-chun Lin| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/moonopera00bife}}
Awards
In 2011, Bi Feiyu won the Mao Dun Literary Prize for his novel Massage, one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China.
On August 21, 2017, the French Ministry of Culture awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres to Bi Feiyu at the General Consulate of France in Shanghai.{{cite news |title=Writer Bi Feiyu awarded French Order of Arts and Letters |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/interface/zaker/1143605/2017-08-23/cd_31007390.html |accessdate=23 November 2018 |work=China Daily |date=23 August 2017}}
References
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Category:Writers from Taizhou, Jiangsu
Category:International Writing Program alumni
Category:Mao Dun Literature Prize laureates
Category:Chinese male novelists
Category:20th-century Chinese novelists
Category:21st-century Chinese novelists
Category:20th-century Chinese male writers