Zhang Xinxin

Zhang Xinxin (simplified Chinese: 张辛欣; traditional Chinese: 張辛欣; pinyin: Zhāng Xīnxīn), (Nanjing, 1953) is a female Chinese writer. She is best known in the west for her book, co-authored with Sang Ye (桑晔), of 100 interviews with ordinary citizens, published as Chinese Profiles (Beijing 1986), and revised as Chinese Lives (1988). Zhang Xinxin grew up in Beijing. In the early 1980s she trained in theatre directing at the Central Drama Academy, Beijing. The fiction she published in the 1980s earned her both acclaim and criticism. Since then she has written several novels, short stories and poems, and works of non-fiction (essays, commentaries, news reports and scenarios), as well as film, TV and radio work (directing, presenting and scriptwriting). Her key works include:

Autobiographical fiction

• 《我 Me》 (Me, 2 vols, 2011)
  • English excerpt "After the Inferno", 2017.

Novels

• 《在同一个地平线上》(On the Same Horizon)
  • Chinese: Harvest Magazine, Shanghai, 1981; Sanmin Pablisher Co., Taiwan, 1988
  • French: Actes Sud; Arles, 1987
  • German: Yashima; Bonn, 1986
  • Japanese: Tokumang Company; Tokyo, 1987
• 《IT84》
  • Chinese: Jiangsu Fenghuang Wenyi chubanshe, 2018

Novellas

• 《IT84》(IT84, 2015)
• 《疯狂的君子兰》(Orchid Mania)
  • Chinese: Wenhui Monthly Magazine, no. 9, 1983
  • French: Actes Sud; Arles, 1988, 2004
  • Japanese: (in the volume titled On The Same Horizon): Tokumang Company, Tokyo, 1987
  • English: "Mad about Orchids" 疯狂的君子兰（中英双语）bilingual online, 2014
• 《我们这个年纪的梦》 (The Dreams of Our Generation)
  • Chinese: Harvest Magazine; Shanghai, 1982 // Sichuan Literature Publishing Co.; Chengdu, 1985 // Xinde Publishing Co.; Taiwan, 1987
  • English: Cornell Eastern Program; Ithaca, 1986
  • German: Yashima; Bonn, 1986
• 《封．片．联》 (Postcard and Bandits)
  • Chinese: Writers' Publishing Co.; Beijing, 1986 // Liby Publishing Co.; Hong Kong, 1987
  • French: (Le Courrier des Bandits): Actes Sud; Arles, 1989

Short stories

• 《龙的食谱》 (A Recipe for Dragons, 2011)
  • Chinese: Shanghai Literature, 10.2011
  • English: "Dragonworld" in The Guardian, 14 April 2012. and Read Paper Republic, Afterlives 2, 3 Nov 2016.
• 《这次你演哪一半? 》 (Which half will you play this time – husband or wife?, 1988)
• 《张辛欣小说选》 (The Collected Stories of Zhang Xinxin, 1985
• Where Did I Miss You?
  • Chinese: Harvest Magazine; Shanghai, 1979 // Beifang wenyi Publishing Co.; Harbin, 1985

Graphic novel

• 《拍花子和俏女孩》(Pai Hua Zi and the Clever Girl, 2012) part 1 and part 2

• 《我的好莱坞大学》(Dark Paradise: My Observations of Hollywood) - Hua Cheng Publishing Co., Guangzhou, 2003
• 《闲说外国人》 (Chatting About Foreigners, 2002)
• 《流浪世界的方式》 (Style of Wandering the World: Short Essay Collection) - Shenyang Publishing Co., Shenyang, 2002
• 《独步东西 : 一个旅美作家的网上创作》 (Lonely Drifter: The Wanderer Between the East and the West - My Journey on The Web) - Intelligence Publishing Company, Beijing2000
• 《我知道的美国之音》(Me and the VOA: A Collection of Commentaries) - Chinese Social Science Publishing, Beijing2000
• 《天狱：偷渡美国》(Hell in Heaven: Smuggling to America, 1994)
• 《北京人 (一百个中国人的自述)》(Peking Man: One Hundred Chinese Self Portraits) - co-authored with Sang Ye
  • Chinese: Shanghai Wenyi Publishing Co.; Shanghai, 1986 // Linbai Publishing Co.; Taiwan, 1987
  • English: Chinese Lives (Pantheon Books, New York, 1987),(MacMillan, London, 1987), (Irwin, Ontario, 1987),(Penguin Books, London, 1989),Chinese Profiles (Panda Books, Beijing, 1987)
  • French: L'homme de Pekin (Actes Sud, Arles, 1992), (Panda Books, Beijing, 1987)
  • German: Peking Menschen (Diederichs, Koln, 1986)
  • Japanese: The Conditions of Chinese Women and Money Doesn't Fall from Heaven (Heibonsha; Tokyo, 1986)
  • Swedish: Leva I Kina (Forum, 1988)
  • Dutch: Mensen in China (Wereldvenster, 1987)
  • Norwegian: Arvingene hverdag etter Mao (Aschehoug, 1988)
  • Danish: Tiden (1989)
  • Spanish: (Editorial Ausa, 1989)
  • Russian: Дракон меняет облик: Китайцы сегодня (Progress-Academia, 1992)
• 《在路上》 (On the Road) - Sanlian Publishing Co.; Hong Kong, 1986
  • French: Au Long Du Grand Canal (Actes Sud, Arles, 1992)

• 《棋王》 (The Chessmaster, screenplay of Ah Cheng's novel)
• 《我们，你们》(We, You, screenplay and directing, Capital Sports Stadium)
• 《运河人》(People of the Grand Canal, presenting on CCTV)
• 《普通人》(Ordinary People, presenting on Central People's Broadcasting)
• 《封。片。联》 (Postcard and Bandits, novella and radio series)
• 《珍邮谜案》(The Stamp Mystery, TV mini-series, screenplay and directing)
• 《作家手记》(Diary of an Author, commentary on Voice of America)