Li Xiao (writer)

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Li Xiao
BornLi Xiaotang
(1950-07-28) July 28, 1950 (age 73)
Shanghai, China
LanguageChinese
Alma materFudan University
Relatives
  • Ba Jin, father
  • Xiao Shan, mother
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Li Xiaotang
Chinese

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.