Yan Ge Explained

Yan Ge
Native Name:颜歌
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Name:Dai Yuexing
Birth Place:Sichuan, China
Occupation:Novelist, writer
Nationality:Chinese
Alma Mater:Sichuan University
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Notableworks:Our Family
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Yan Ge (pinyin: Yán Gē, born 1984) is the pen name of Chinese writer Dai Yuexing (Chinese: 戴月行, pinyin: Dài Yuèxíng).

Life and career

Yan Ge was born Dai Yuexing in December 1984 in the Pixian district of Chengdu.[1] She began writing at the age of ten and her first book was published when she was 17 years old.[2]

Yan completed a PhD in comparative literature at Sichuan University and is the Chair of the China Young Writers Association. Her writing includes substantial amounts of her native Sichuanese, rather than Standard Chinese.[3] People’s Literature (Renmin Wenxue Chinese: 人民文学) magazine recently chose her – in a list reminiscent of The New Yorker's ‘20 under 40’ – as one of China's twenty future literary masters. In 2012 she was chosen as Best New Writer by the prestigious Chinese Literature Media Prize (Chinese: 华语文学传媒大奖 最佳新人奖). In 2011, she was awarded a visiting scholar position at Duke University.[4] Yan was a guest writer at the Crossing Border Festival in The Hague in November 2012, and has since appeared at numerous literary festivals throughout Europe.[5] She has lived in Dublin with her husband, Daniel, and their child since 2015.[6] [7]

Yan has been writing in English in addition to Mandarin and Sichuanese. Her first English book is a 2023 short story collection Elsewhere: stories.[8] Reviewer Chelsea Leu wroteReviewer Sindya Bhanoo wrote that the stories "explore the power of language across the Chinese diaspora to either bring people together or push them apart."[9]

Awards

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Duzan . Brigitte . Yan Ge 颜歌 . www.chinese-shortstories.com.
  2. Web site: 11 February 2022 . Chinese writer Yan Ge finds solace in creating literary worlds . CBC.
  3. Web site: Yan Ge: families, humour, Sichuan, a spicy dish..
  4. Web site: Zhong . Na . 2018-10-09 . Writing from In-Between: A Conversation with Yan Ge . 2022-04-26 . SupChina . en-US.
  5. Web site: China . Dutchculture | Centre for international cooperation.
  6. Web site: Yan Ge. Eric. Abrahamsen. Paper Republic.
  7. Web site: November 2014: Yan Ge 颜歌 : The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing. writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk.
  8. News: Leu . Chelsea . 2023-07-12 . Elsewhere by Yan Ge review – a visceral English debut . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-10-22 . 0261-3077.
  9. News: Bhanoo . Sindya . 2023-09-15 . In Three New Story Collections, Much Is Left Unsaid . . 2023-10-22.
  10. Web site: Yan Ge: A Budding Author - All China Women's Federation . www.womenofchina.cn.
  11. Web site: Zhong Nige. Eric. Abrahamsen. Paper Republic.
  12. Web site: White Horse - HopeRoad Publishing. www.hoperoadpublishing.com.
  13. Web site: 20. Reflecting Teenagers on a Sichuanese Mirror: Yan Ge and her stories from Pingle Township. November 19, 2016.
  14. Web site: Reflecting Teenagers on a Sichuanese Mirror: Yan Ge and her stories from Pingle Township. Eric. Abrahamsen. Paper Republic.
  15. Web site: The Chilli Bean Paste Clan.
  16. Web site: Yan Ge. Abrahamsen. Eric. Paper Republic. en. 2019-12-10.

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