Zhu Xiao Di (, born 1958) is a Chinese-American writer. He authored a biographical work, ''Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China'', which was listed for further readings in MSN encyclopedia under the topic of "Communism" along with a few other books. He also authored a novel ''Tales of Judge Dee'', and 6 collections of essays in Chinese including ''Leisure Thoughts on Idle Books'' (), , , , , and .
Background
Born in 1958 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 ...
, China, Zhu Xiao Di is a graduate of
MIT
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with a master's degree in
City Planning
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(1991). He also received a master's degree in American Civilization from the
University of Massachusetts Boston
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in 1989.
Between 1992 and 1997, he worked at the Center for Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He also worked for
Arthur Andersen & Co. as a management consultant between 1995 and 1996. He worked at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at
Harvard University
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between 1997 and 2012.
Publications
*''Thirty Years in a Red House'' (University of Massachusetts Press, 1998)
*''Tales of Judge Dee'' (stories about
Judge Dee
Judge Dee, or Judge Di, is a semi-fictional character based on the historical figure Di Renjie, county magistrate and statesman of the Tang court. The character appeared in the 18th-century Chinese detective and '' gong'an'' crime novel ''Di Gong ...
)
*''Leisure Thoughts on Idle Books'' (Guangxi Normal University Press, 2009)
*《地老天荒读书闲》
*《闲读近乎勇》
*《朱小蔓朱小棣跨洋对话——出国留学与教育“立人”》
*《等闲识得书几卷》
*《朱启銮画传》
*《游学看美国》
*《域外闲读》
*《闲读闲记》
References
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1958 births
Living people
MIT School of Architecture and Planning alumni
Harvard University staff
Writers from Nanjing
American writers of Chinese descent
Chinese male novelists