Ying Chen (; born February 20, 1961) is a

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author. She writes mostly in French and also translates her own works into Chinese and English.

Biography

Born in 1961 in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, she now lives in

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and is the mother of two children. She obtained a degree in French language and literature from

Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...

(复旦大学) in 1983 and worked as a translator and interpreter before moving to Montreal in 1989. She later lived in

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before moving to Vancouver in 2003. Ying Chen's novels include ''La mémoire de l'eau'', ''Les lettres chinoises'', ''L'ingratitude'' (which won the Prix Québec-Paris, and was published in the U.S. as "Ingratitude," translated by Carol Volk, and published in China as "再见妈妈", self-translated), ''Immobile'' (which won the Prix Alfred-DesRochers), ''Le champ dans la mer'' (published in China as "V家花园", self-translated), ''Querelle d'un squelette avec son double'' (self-translated and published on Amazon as "Skeleton and its double"), "Le Mangeur", "Un Enfant à ma porte", "Espèces", "La Rive est loin". She wrote two books of essays: "Quatre mille marches" and "La Lenteur des montagnes". She practices a lean, polished and deceptively simple writing style, free of flourishes and excess verbiage. As a child, one of her schoolteachers once told her "the most simple is the most beautiful", and she has retained this idea.

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review and commentary on ''Immobile''
(in French)

(in Chinese)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ying, Chen 1961 births Living people 21st-century Canadian novelists Chinese emigrants to Canada Canadian writers of Asian descent Canadian women novelists Naturalized citizens of Canada Short story writers from Shanghai Fudan University alumni 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian novelists in French Chinese women novelists Chinese novelists Canadian women short story writers Chinese women short story writers Chinese short story writers French-language writers from China

Biography

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