Yang Yi (author)
Appearance
Yang Yi | |
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Born | Harbin, China | June 18, 1964
Pen name | Liu Qiao |
Occupation | Novelist, lecturer |
Language | Chinese, Japanese |
Nationality | Chinese |
Education | Ochanomizu University |
Notable awards | Akutagawa Prize, Bungakukai Newcomer's Prize |
Children | Two |
Relatives | Chen Tien-shi (cousin) |
Yang Yi (simplified Chinese: 杨逸; traditional Chinese: 楊逸; pinyin: Yáng Yì) (born June 18, 1964) is the pen name of Liu Qiao, a Chinese-born novelist who has lived in Japan since 1987.[1]
Yang was born in the Chinese city of Harbin and remains a Chinese citizen. In 2008, she won the 139th Akutagawa Prize for her (Japanese language) novel Tokiga nijimu asa (literally, A Morning When Time Blurs). She is thus far the only Chinese national and only non-native Japanese speaker to win the award.
Currently she is a visiting professor at Kanto Gakuin University[2] and a part-time lecturer at Nihon University.
References
- ^ "Chinese novelist Yang wins Akutagawa Prize." Japan Times July 16, 2008.
- ^ "Department of Literature (in Japanese)". Kanto Gakuin University. 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
External links
- Yang Yi at J'Lit Books from Japan Template:En icon