Ge Fei (author)
| Liu Yong | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 刘勇 |
| Born |
1964 (age 51–52) Dantu District, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu |
| Pen name | Ge Fei (格非) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | Chinese |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | East China Normal University |
| Period | 1986 - present |
| Genre | Novel |
| Literary movement | Xianfeng Literature |
| Notable awards |
9th Mao Dun Literature Prize 2015 Jiangnan Trilogy |
Ge Fei (Chinese: 格非; pinyin: Gé Fēi; Wade–Giles: Ke Fei, born 1964), pen-name for Liu Yong (刘勇), is a notable contemporary Chinese author whose works were prominent during the late 1980s and early 1990s.[1] Ge Fei was considered one of the preeminent experimental writers during that period. He is currently a professor of literature at Tsinghua University.
Biography
Ge Fei was born in Dantu, Jiangsu, in 1964. He graduated from East China Normal University in 1985. He received his PhD in 2000.[2] He was invited to participate in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, United States, in 2009.
Work
His most prominent work is the novel 人面桃花, Renmian Taohua (Peach Blossom Beauty) (2004), which explores the concept of utopia, and is laden with many classical allusions. It is the first book of his Jiangnan Trilogy. The second book of the trilogy, 山河入梦 Shanhe Rumeng (My Dream of the Mountain and River), was published in 2007. The third is 春尽江南，Spring Ends in Jiangnan, published in 2011.[3]
The title of Renmian Taohua is taken from a classical work, and has also been used by the director Du Haibin for his documentary on a gay club in Chengdu (2005); the English name for the film is Beautiful Men but this is not a direct translation.
The novella The Invisibility Cloak is the only work of his available in English. It appeared in 2016 in a translation by Canaan Morse.[4]
Awards and honors
- 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize, Jiangnan Trilogy[5]
References
- ↑ "Ge Fei". China Book International. Retrieved April 9, 2012. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ https://paper-republic.org/authors/ge-fei/
- ↑ http://www.abebooks.com/9787532142873/DREAM-MOUNTAIN-RIVER--JIANGNAN-TRILOGY-2-7532142876/plp
- ↑ Publisher's site Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ↑ "Winners of 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize announced". GBTimes. August 17, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
External links
- Ge Fei home page at Sohu.com (Chinese)