Chi Li

{{short description|Chinese writer (born 1957)}}

{{family name hatnote|Chi|lang=Chinese}}

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| name = Chi Li

| native_name = {{lang|zh-hans|池莉}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|05|30}}

| birth_place = Xiantao, Hubei, China{{cite book|title=Contemporary Chinese Fiction Writers: Biography, Bibliography, and Critical Assessment|last=Leung|first=Laifong|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-7656-1760-6|year=2017|chapter=Chi Li|pages=51–55}}

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| occupation = Novelist

| language = Chinese

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| alma_mater = Wuhan University

| period = 1986 - present

| genre = Novel

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| notableworks = Life Show
Comes and Goes
Don't Talk about Love

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Chi Li (born 30 May 1957) is a contemporary female Chinese writer based in Wuhan. She graduated from the department of Chinese literature at Wuhan University in 1986.{{cite journal |author=Hongwei Lu |year=2006 |title=TV Romance and Popular Cultural Mood: The Chi Li Phenomenon |journal=The China Review |publisher=Chinese University Press |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=125 ff. |issn=1680-2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://people.chinese.cn/en/article/2009-12/02/content_84276.htm |title=Chi Li, a Special Figure among Chinese Writers |accessdate=28 December 2017 |publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311071805/http://people.chinese.cn/en/article/2009-12/02/content_84276.htm |archive-date=11 March 2014 |url-status=dead }} The setting for some of her stories is Changtangkou ({{lang|zh-Hans|长埫口镇}}) in Xiantao, Hubei.

In 2014, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.{{Cite web|url=https://iwp.uiowa.edu/residency/participants-by-year/2014%20Resident|title=2014 Resident Participants {{!}} The International Writing Program|website=iwp.uiowa.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-04-10}}