Huo Da Explained

Huo Da
Native Name:	霍达
Native Name Lang:	zh
Birth Date:	26 November 1945
Birth Place:	Beijing, China
Occupation:	Novelist
Language:	Chinese
Period:	1980–present
Genre:	Novel
Notableworks:	The Jade King

Huo Da (; born 26 November 1945) is a Chinese writer of Hui ethnicity. She is also a film editor. Her Hui name is Fa Tumai . One of her works, The Jade King, won the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 1991.^[1] It has been translated into English, French, Arabic and Urdu.

Her most famous novel, and the only one to be translated into English, was the 1988 The Jade King, which chronicled the history of three generations of a family of Muslim jade carvers in Beijing; it provoked controversy for its positive attitude towards market entrepreneurialism and its suggestion that the Han in Beijing negatively stereotype the Hui for their poverty and lack of education, while they do not have the same attitude towards the Manchu.^[2]

Biography

Huo Da was born into a family of scholars on 26 November 1945 in Beijing. She graduated from Beijing Construction College in 1966. And then she engaged in translation work for many years. In 1976, she became a film editor at Beijing Film Studio. In 1978, she was transferred to Beijing television art center and started her professional writing career.

Works

• The Jade King (Chinese: 穆斯林的葬礼) (1982)^[3]
• I'm not a Hunter (Chinese: 我不是猎人) (1982)
• Red (Chinese: 红尘) (1985)
• War (Chinese: 国殇) (1988)
• The split Sky (Chinese: 补天裂) (1997)^[4]
  • 霍达文集 (Collected Works of Huo Da). Beijing October Literature and Arts Publishing House, August 1999. .
• 红尘 (Red Dust). Beijing October Literature and Arts Publishing House, April 2005. .
• 万家忧乐 (The Worry and Joy of Thousands of Households)
• 龙驹 (Dragon Foal)
• Magpie Bridge

Further reading

• Book: Sleeman, Elizabeth. The International Who's Who of Women 2002. 261. United Kingdom. Routledge. 2001. 1857431227.
  • Gladney. Dru C.. Getting Rich is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity among Muslims and Han in Deng's China. Market Cultures: Entrepreneurial Precedents and Ethical Dilemmas in East and Southeast Asia. Hefner, Robert. Boulder, Colorado. Westview Press. 104–128. 1998. 0813333601.

Notes and References

1. Web site: zh:第三届茅盾文学奖获奖作者及作品 . CCTV . 2003-12-26 . http://www.cctv.com/culture/special/C11494/20031226/100765.shtml . 2014-01-14 . zh.
2. Gladney 1998: 126-127
3. Web site: zh:穆斯林的葬礼 . xiexingcun.com . http://www.xiexingcun.com/maodun/03/004/%E7%9B%AE%E5%BD%95.htm . 2014-01-14 . zh.
4. Web site: zh:霍达_中国作家网 . chinawriter.com.cn . http://www.chinawriter.com.cn/zxhy/member/9032.shtml . 2014-01-14 . zh . 2012-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120513183155/http://www.chinawriter.com.cn/zxhy/member/9032.shtml . dead .