Chi Li (born 30 May 1957) is a contemporary female Chinese writer based in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city a ...

. 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 ...

in 1986. The setting for some of her stories is Changtangkou () in Xiantao, 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: *'' Life Show'', a story about the owner of a small restaurant on Jiqing Street in

. The book was later made into a movie, also titled '' Life Show'', starring Tao Hong and Tao Zeru. *''Comes and Goes'', a story of extramarital affairs occurring in Wuhan. TV series of same name starring Pu Cunxin,

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, Xu Qing,

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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