Xu Kun

{{Short description|Chinese postmodern fiction writer (born 1965)}}

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Xu Kun (徐坤; born 1965) is a Chinese postmodern fiction writer based in Beijing.{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature|last=Ying|first=Li-hua|year=2010|publisher=The Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5516-8|chapter=Xu Kun|pages=223–4}}{{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=Xu Kun|pages=256–9}} She is currently the deputy chair of Beijing Writers Association. She was born in Shenyang and holds a Ph.D. in literature from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Liaoning University.