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Chinese postmodern fiction writer
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Female
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Birth:
5 March 1965(Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China)
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Liaoning University
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
The details
Biography
Introduction
Xu Kun (徐坤; born 1965) is a Chinese postmodern fiction writer based in Beijing. 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.
Works translated to English
| Year | Chinese title | Translated English title | Translator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 厨房 | "Kitchen" | Richard King |
| Vivian H. Zhang | |||
| "The Kitchen" | Zhang Ruiqing | ||
| Lin Bin | |||
| 1999 | 爱人同志 | "My Beloved Comrade" | Chen Haiyan |
| 2005 | 午夜广场最后的探戈 | "Last Tango in the Square One Midsummer Night" | Ji Hua, Gao Wenxing |
| 2006 | 销签 | "Visa Cancelling" | Roddy Flagg |
"Kitchen" received the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2000.