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Li Xiao (writer)

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Li Xiao
BornLi Xiaotang
(1950-07-28) July 28, 1950 (age 74)
Shanghai, China
LanguageChinese
Alma materFudan University
Relatives
  • Ba Jin, father
  • Xiao Shan, mother
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Xiǎo
Li Xiaotang
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Xiǎotáng

Li Xiao (born Li Xiaotang on 28 July 1950) is a Chinese writer based in Shanghai. He is the son of writer Ba Jin.

Born in Shanghai, Li worked in the countryside of Anhui during the Cultural Revolution for 8 years as a sent-down youth. After the Cultural Revolution, Li attended Fudan University.

Li Xiao's 1994 novel Rules of a Clan (门规) was adapted into a 1995 film Shanghai Triad directed by Zhang Yimou.

Works translated into English

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Year Chinese title Translated English title Translator(s)
1986 屋顶上的青草 "Grass on the Rooftop"[1] Madeline K. Spring
机关轶事 "Anecdotes from the Office"[2] Zhu Hong
1988 关于行规的闲话 "Rules of the Game"[3]
1992 相会在K市 "Appointment in K City"[4]
民谣 "Folk Song" Wu Xiaozhen, Qiu Maoru[5]
1993 一种叫太阳红的瓜 "'Sunny Red' Melons"

References

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  1. ^ Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today's China. Grove Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-8021-1573-7.
  2. ^ Renditions, Autumn 2001.
  3. ^ Renditions, Spring 2001.
  4. ^ Words Without Borders, May 2004.
  5. ^ Folk Song. Better Link Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60220-224-5.