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Zhang Yueran (Chinese: 张悦然, pinyin: Zhāng Yuèrán; born 6 November 1982) is a Chinese writer.

Zhang Yueran
张悦然
Born	张悦然 (1982-11-07) 7 November 1982 (age 39) Jinan, Shandong, China
Alma mater	Shandong University
Occupation	Writer, teacher[1]

Biography

Zhang was born in 1982 in Jinan, Shandong. She is an only child. Her father was a professor of Shandong University, and he was very keen on literature.[2]

Zhang is an alumnus of Shandong Experimental High School, Shandong University and National University of Singapore.[3][4]

[5] Her main works include short stories and novels. She won the 2001 New Concept Writing Competition organised by Mengya magazine.[6] She is often labeled as part of a group of successful Chinese authors known as the "post-'80s" generation.[7][8][9][10]

In 2011 she participated in the International Writing Program Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.[11]

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Currently, Zhang is a teacher of Literary Studies in Renmin University of China.[12] Several of her works have been translated into English by Jeremy Tiang, 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

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