Chi Li (born 30 May 1957) is a contemporary female

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writer based in

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. She graduated from department of Chinese literature at

Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; ) is a public research university in Wuhan, Hubei. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Wuhan university was founded as one of the four elite universities in the early republican period of China and i ...

in 1986. The setting for some of her stories is Changtangkou () in

Xiantao Xiantao () is a sub-prefecture-level city in the east of Hubei province, China. Located at the Jianghan Plain in the middle of Hubei province and spanning 112°55' – 113°49' east longitude and 30°04' – 30°32' north latitude, Xiantao City c ...

, Hubei. In 2014, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.

Works

Chi Li has written a number of novels, including the following: *''

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'', a story about the owner of a small restaurant on Jiqing Street in

. The book was later made into a movie, also titled ''

'', starring Tao Hong and

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. *''Don't Talk about Love'' and ''The Sun was Born'', adapted into TV series ''Don't Talk about Love''. Two antithetical families took totally different attitudes to their children's love. *''Good Morning, Lady'', adapted to a 20-episode TV series of same name. *''Willow Waist'' *''Cold or Hot, It's Good to Live'' (), 1990

References

1957 births Short story writers from Hubei Living people People from Xiantao Wuhan University alumni International Writing Program alumni Chinese women novelists Chinese women short story writers 20th-century Chinese short story writers 20th-century women writers People's Republic of China short story writers {{China-writer-stub