Xu Zechen Explained

Xu Zechen 徐则臣
Birth Date:	1978
Birth Place:	Donghai County, Jiangsu, China
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	Chinese
Citizenship:	China
Education:	Peking University

Xu Zechen (; born in 1978 in Donghai County, Jiangsu) is a Chinese author of literary fiction. He currently works as an editor at People's Literature Magazine. In 2009 he was a writer in residence at Creighton University and in 2010 he attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.^[1]

Awards^[2]

• 2019 - Awarded the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Northward"
• 2016 - Awarded the 1st Cross-Strait Young Writers Prize for "Jerusalem"
• 2015 - Nominated for the 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Jerusalem"
• 2014 - Awarded the Lao She Literary Award for "Jerusalem"
• 2014 - Awarded the Short Story Award of the 7th Lu Xun Literary Prize for If A Snowstorm Seals the Door

Works

Representative works include the following (translated titles are approximate):

Novels and Novellas

• 《耶路撒冷》 (Jerusalem)
• 《跑步穿过中关村》 Running Through Beijing (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen)^{[3] [4]}
• 《午夜之门》 (Midnight's Door)
• 《夜火车》(Night Train)
• 《天上人间》(Heaven on Earth)
• 《北上》(Northward)
• 《苍声》Voice Change (tr. by Charles Laughlin)^[5]
• 《啊，北京》
• 《西夏》(Western Xia/Tangut)
• 《人间烟火》
• 《逆时针》
• 《居延》(Juyan)
• 《小城市》(Small Town)

Short stories

• 《花街》(Flower street)
• 《最后一个猎人》(The last hunter)
• 《伞兵与卖油郎》(The parachuter and the oil seller)
• 《纸马》(Paper horses)
• 《我们的老海》(Our old sea)
• 《这些年我一直在路上》(I've been on the road a few years)
• 《如果大雪封门》 If a Snowstorm Seals the Door (tr. by Jeremy Tiang)
• 《时间简史》 A Brief History of Time (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
• 《露天电影》 Outdoor Film (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
• 《轮子是圆的》 Wheels are round (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
• 《雪夜访戴》 Visiting Dai on a Snowy Evening (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
• 《狗叫了一天》 The Dog's Been Barking All Day, July 2017 (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
• 《奔马》 Galloping Horses (tr. by Helen Wang)
• 《弃婴》 Throwing Out the Baby (tr. by Nicky Harman)
• 《镜与刀》 (Mirror and Knife)
• 《九年》 (Nine Years)
• 《忆秦娥》 Remembering Qin E (tr. by Jeremy Tiang)

External links

• Xu Zechen profile on Paper Republic
• Xu Zechen profile on Words Without Borders
• Xu Zechen profile on MCLC
• Xu Zechen profile on mychinesebooks
• Xu Zechen on chinese-shortstories (in French)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Xu Zechen 徐则臣 . . Paper Republic . 5 June 2016 .
2. Web site: NNU's alumnus Xu Zechen won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize | Nanjing Normal University.
3. Web site: A Review of Running Through Beijing by Xu Zechen The Literary Review. www.theliteraryreview.org. May 29, 2014. 2019-09-14.
4. Review: http://www.avclub.com/review/running-through-beijing-runs-dry-204519
5. Web site: Cang Sheng.