Zhang Yueran (,

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

: ''Zhāng Yuèrán''; born 6 November 1982) is a Chinese writer.

Biography

Zhang was born in 1982 in

Jinan Jinan (), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Tsinan, is the Capital (political), capital of Shandong province in East China, Eastern China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is the second-largest city i ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

. She is an only child. Her father was a professor of

Shandong University Shandong University (, abbreviated as Shanda, , English abbreviation SDU) is a public research comprehensive university in Jinan, Shandong with one campus in Weihai, Shandong and one campus in Qingdao, Shandong and is supported directly by the ...

, and he was very keen on literature. Zhang is an alumnus of Shandong Experimental High School,

and

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

. Her main works include short stories and novels. She won the 2001 New Concept Writing Competition organised by '' Mengya'' magazine. She is often labeled as part of a group of successful Chinese authors known as the "post-'80s" generation. In 2011 she participated in the International Writing Program Fall Residency at the

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. Currently, Zhang is a teacher of Literary Studies in

Renmin University of China The Renmin University of China (RUC; ) is a national key public research university in Beijing, China. The university is affiliated to the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. RUC ...

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Retrieved 2 January 2017 Several of her works have been translated into English by

Jeremy Tiang Jeremy Tiang (born 17 January 1977) is a Singaporean writer, translator and playwright based in New York City. Tiang won the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize for English fiction for his debut novel, ''State of Emergency'', published in 2017. Car ...

, as well as into various other languages.

Works in English

* ''Ten Loves'' (2004) * ''The Promise Bird'' (2006) * ''Cocoon'' (2022)

Works in Chinese (Partial)

* 《葵花走失在1890》 (Sunflowers Got Lost in 1890) * 《樱桃之远》 (Cherry Story) * 《是你来检阅我的忧伤了吗》 (You Come to My Sorrow) * 《十爱》 (Ten Love Stories) * 《水仙已乘鲤鱼去》 (Narcissus) * 《誓鸟》 (Birds of Swear) * 《鲤系列》 (Carp Series) * 《昼若夜房间》 (A Room of Day and Night) * 《繭》 (Cocoon)

References

1982 births Living people Chinese women short story writers Chinese women novelists 20th-century Chinese short story writers 21st-century Chinese short story writers Writers from Jinan 20th-century Chinese women writers 21st-century Chinese women writers International Writing Program alumni Renmin University of China faculty Shandong University alumni National University of Singapore alumni People's Republic of China novelists Educators from Shandong People's Republic of China short story writers Short story writers from Shandong {{China-writer-stub