Ya Ding
Chinese writer
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| Intro | Chinese writer | ||
| Places | France China | ||
| is | Linguist Translator | ||
| Work field | Literature Social science | ||
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| Birth | 1957 | ||
| Age | 68 years | ||
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Biography
Ya Ding (Chinese: 亚丁; born 1959) is a Chinese writer and translator.
He comes from a little village in North China and after his secondary studies he went working as a farmer thanks to Down to the Countryside Movement. After Cultural Revolution, he created the first University of Beijing student revue and started to translate French authors.
Awards
- 1988: Prix Cazes for Le Sorgho rouge.
- 1988: Prix de l'Asie for Le Sorgho rouge
- 1988: Prix de la Découverte du Pen Club français
- 1989: Prix de l'Été for Les Héritiers des sept royaumes.
- 1991: Prix Contrepoint for Le Jeu de l'eau et du feu
Publications
- 1987 Le Sorgho rouge, novel
- 1988 Les Héritiers des sept royaumes, novel
- 1990 Le Jeu de l'eau et de feu, novel,
- 1992 Le Cercle de petit ciel, novel
- 1994 La Jeune Fille Tong, novel