Xue Yiwei Explained

Xue Yiwei (born in 1964^[1]) is a Chinese-born Canadian author.

His hometown is Changsha, Hunan, and his birthplace was Chenzhou in the same province.^[2] He attended the Beijing University of Aeronautics (now Beihang University) in a computer science program, gaining a BsC. Next he attended the Université de Montréal, taking a program in English literature, attaining a Master of Arts. Finally he attended the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in a doctoral program in linguistics and received his degree.^[3]

In 2002, he relocated to Canada,^[4] due to his disenchantment with the materialism-focused direction of literature in his home country. In February, he occupied an apartment in proximity to the St. Joseph Oratory,^[5] in Côte-des-Neiges.^[6] In 2016, CBC Radio presented him as having a high level of popularity in China, known to "millions of people".^[6] Ha Jin stated that Xue is a "maverick".^[6]

Shenzheners was his first work translated into English.^[7] Previously, he was not known among Anglophone audiences, and he lived in Montreal in relative obscurity.^[5]

Works

Novels^[8]

• Desertion (1989) - A new edition was issued in 2012.
• Dr. Bethune's Children (2011) - English translation 2017^[9] This was not published in China.^[10]
  • The novel addresses the life of Norman Bethune.^[4]
• Farewells from a Shadow (2013)
• Empty Nest (2014)
• King Lear and Nineteen Seventy-Nine^[4]
  • Beginning in March 2020 it was serialized in a magazine in China. Xue had intentions to have an English translation produced.^[10]
• Celia, Misoka, I (2016) - English translation 2022^[11]

Short stories

• Shenzheners - English translation 2016
• four other works^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Xue Yiwei. Renditions. Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2022-07-29.
2. Web site: The Fate of a Novel Amid China's Reform. University of California Los Angeles. 2022-07-29.
3. Web site: Xue Yiwei. Asian Heritage in Canada. Toronto Metropolitan University. 2022-07-29.
4. Web site: Xue Yiwei: In Search of Universal Values. Los Angeles Review of Books. 2020-04-25.
5. Web site: McGillis. Ian. Montreal's Chinese literary secret is finally out. Montreal Gazette. 2016-08-25. 2022-07-29.
6. Web site: Metaphors in Montreal - a David Gutnick documentary. CBC Radio. Canadian Broadcasting Company. 2016-11-25. 2022-07-29.
7. Web site: Beattie. Steven W.. Shenzheners. Quill and Quire. 6 September 2016 . 2022-07-29.
8. Web site: Shenzheners. Linda Leith Publishing. 2022-07-29. - This is the English language publisher of his works.
9. Web site: Dr Bethunes Children .
10. Web site: Xue Yiwei: In Search of Universal Values. Los Angeles Review of Books. 2020-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20200502074647/https://chinachannel.org/2020/04/25/xue-yiwei/ . 2022-07-29. 2020-05-02 . [...]The good news is that, unlike Dr. Bethune’s Children which the Chinese reader has never had an opportunity to read,[...].
11. Book: Xue, Yiwei . Celia, Misoka, I . Rare Machines . 2022 . 9781459748040 . Toronto, Ontario . en . Nashef . Stephen.