Han Dong (; born 17 May 1961) is a Chinese writer of essays, poetry, short stories and novels. Dong was born in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

but spent much of his childhood in the countryside, where his parents had been "sent-down" during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

List of works

*Banished! (). Translated by Nicky Harman. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009. *A Phone Call from Dalian: Selected Poems of Han Dong. Translated by Nicky Harman. Brookline: Zephyr Press, 2012. *A Tabby-cat’s Tale. Translated by Nicky Harman. Berlin: Frisch & Co., 2014.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Dong People's Republic of China essayists Writers from Nanjing People's Republic of China poets Chinese male short story writers 1961 births Living people Poets from Jiangsu Chinese male novelists Short story writers from Jiangsu People's Republic of China short story writers