Xu Zechen
{{short description|Chinese author of literary fiction (born 1978)}}
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Xu Zechen ({{zh|s=徐则臣|p= Xú Zéchén}}; born in 1978 in Donghai County, Jiangsu) is a Chinese author of literary fiction. He currently works as an editor at People's Literature Magazine. In 2009 he was a writer in residence at Creighton University and in 2010 he attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.{{cite web |url= https://paper-republic.org/authors/xu-zechen/ |title= Xu Zechen 徐则臣 |author= |date= |website= Paper Republic |publisher= |access-date= 5 June 2016 |quote=}}
Awards<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.njnu.edu.cn/news/nnus-alumnus-xu-zechen-won-the-10th-mao-dun-literature-prize|title=NNU's alumnus Xu Zechen won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize | Nanjing Normal University}}</ref>
- 2019 - Awarded the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Northward"
- 2016 - Awarded the 1st Cross-Strait Young Writers Prize for "Jerusalem"
- 2015 - Nominated for the 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Jerusalem"
- 2014 - Awarded the Lao She Literary Award for "Jerusalem"
- 2014 - Awarded the Short Story Award of the 7th Lu Xun Literary Prize for If A Snowstorm Seals the Door
Works
Representative works include the following (translated titles are approximate):{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
= Novels and Novellas =
- 《耶路撒冷》 (Jerusalem)
- 《跑步穿过中关村》 Running Through Beijing (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen){{Cite web|url=http://www.theliteraryreview.org/book-review/running-through-beijing-by-xu-zechen/|title=A Review of Running Through Beijing by Xu Zechen {{!}} The Literary Review|website=www.theliteraryreview.org|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=2019-09-14}}Review: http://www.avclub.com/review/running-through-beijing-runs-dry-204519
- 《午夜之门》 (Midnight's Door)
- 《夜火车》(Night Train)
- 《天上人间》(Heaven on Earth)
- 《北上》(Northward)
- 《苍声》Voice Change (tr. by Charles Laughlin){{Cite web|url=https://paper-republic.org/works/cang-sheng/|title = Cang Sheng}}
- 《啊，北京》
- 《西夏》(Western Xia/Tangut)
- 《人间烟火》
- 《逆时针》
- 《居延》(Juyan)
- 《小城市》(Small Town)
= Short stories =
- 《花街》(Flower street)
- 《最后一个猎人》(The last hunter)
- 《伞兵与卖油郎》(The parachuter and the oil seller)
- 《纸马》(Paper horses)
- 《我们的老海》(Our old sea)
- 《这些年我一直在路上》(I've been on the road a few years)
- 《如果大雪封门》 If a Snowstorm Seals the Door (tr. by Jeremy Tiang)
- 《时间简史》 A Brief History of Time (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
- 《露天电影》 Outdoor Film (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
- 《轮子是圆的》 Wheels are round (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
- 《雪夜访戴》 Visiting Dai on a Snowy Evening (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
- 《狗叫了一天》 The Dog's Been Barking All Day, July 2017 (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
- 《奔马》 Galloping Horses (tr. by Helen Wang)
- 《弃婴》 Throwing Out the Baby (tr. by Nicky Harman)
- 《镜与刀》 (Mirror and Knife)
- 《九年》 (Nine Years)
- 《忆秦娥》 Remembering Qin E (tr. by Jeremy Tiang)
External links
- Xu [https://paper-republic.org/authors/xu-zechen/Xu Zechen profile on Paper Republic]
- [https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/xu-zechen Xu Zechen profile on Words Without Borders]
- [http://u.osu.edu/mclc/bibliographies/lit/translations-aut/u-x/#X Xu Zechen profile on MCLC]
- [http://mychinesebooks.com/tag/xu-zechen/ Xu Zechen profile on mychinesebooks]
- [http://www.chinese-shortstories.com/Auteurs_de_a_z_Xu_Zechen.htm Xu Zechen on chinese-shortstories (in French)]
References
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Category:Writers from Lianyungang
Category:Chinese male novelists