Su Tong Explained

Tong Zhonggui
Native Name:童忠贵
Native Name Lang:zh-hans
Pseudonym:Su Tong
Birth Place:Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Occupation:Novelist
Nationality:Chinese
Language:Chinese
Period:1980–present
Genre:Novel
Notableworks:Shadow of the Hunter

Tong Zhonggui (; born January 23, 1963), known by the pen name of Su Tong is a Chinese writer. He was born in Suzhou and lives in Nanjing.[1]

He entered the Department of Chinese at Beijing Normal University in 1980, and started to publish novels in 1983. He is now vice president of the Jiangsu Writers Association.[2] Known for his controversial writing style, Su is one of the most acclaimed novelists in China.[3]

Work

Su has written seven full-length novels and over 200 short stories, some of which have been translated into English, German, Italian and French.[4]

He is best known in the West for his novella Raise the Red Lantern (originally titled Wives and Concubines), published in 1990. The book was adapted into the film, Raise the Red Lantern by director Zhang Yimou. The book has since been published under the name given to the film in the English version and in some other versions. His other works available in English translation are Rice, My Life as Emperor, Petulia's Rouge Tin (Hongfen in Chinese), Binu and the Great Wall (tr. Howard Goldblatt), Madwoman on the Bridge and Other Stories, Tattoo: Three Novellas and The Boat to Redemption, also translated by Goldblatt.

His novel Petulia's Rouge Tin, about two Shanghai prostitutes at the time of Liberation in 1949, has been adapted to two films: Li Shaohong's Blush (Hongfen, 1994) and Huang Shuqin's Rouged Beauties (Hongfen Jiaren, 1995).[5]

In 2009, he was awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize for his work The Boat to Redemption, the second Chinese writer to win the prize.[6]

In 2011, Su Tong was nominated to win the Man Booker International Prize.[7] In 2015, he was a co-winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize for Shadow of the Hunter.[8]

Selected works in translation

Notes and References

  1. Hua Li, Contemporary Chinese Fiction by Su Tong and Yu Hua: Coming of Age in Troubled Times (BRILL, 2011) p90
  2. Web site: 苏童_中国作家网. www.chinawriter.com.cn. May 7, 2021.
  3. http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/3/1/1/1331354/1.html
  4. http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/3/1/1/1331353/1.html
  5. Book: Davis, Edward L.. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture . 2009. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-77716-2. 790.
  6. Lam, Tiffany (18 November 2009). "Road to Redemption: Su Tong's literary smash", CNNGo.
  7. Web site: Three Asian authors make the Man Booker International Prize shortlist . Asia Pacific Arts . April 5, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110502000605/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/(A(4P84h-4-zAEkAAAAMGZiMzYxMDktZDljNC00NjhhLThiOWMtM2NkMGY1NTVkMTUxyFiH461tC_87pQNdO9mcrASpfT41)S(z503ar450issar55wktnv045))/w_apa/showarticle.aspx?articleID=16605 . 2011-05-02.
  8. Web site: Winners of 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize announced . GBTimes . August 17, 2015 . August 18, 2015.
  9. Web site: Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas. Publishers Weekly. 1993-06-28. 2022-09-16.
  10. Web site: Krist. Gary. The Junior Wife's Story. The New York Times. 1993-07-25. 2022-09-08.

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