Yu Hua
| Yu Hua 余华 |
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Yu Hua at the 2005 Singapore Writers Festival
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| Born |
April 3, 1960 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist |
| Language | Chinese |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Lu Xun Literature School |
| Period | 1984 - present |
| Genre | Novel, prose |
| Literary movement | Avant-garde |
| Notable works |
To Live Chronicle of a Blood Merchant Brothers Cries in the Drizzle |
| Notable awards | 5th Zhuang Zhongwen Literary Prize 1992 James Joyce Award 2002 Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 2004 |
| Relatives | Father: Hua Zizhi (华自治) Mother: Yu Peiwen (余佩文) |
Yu Hua (simplified Chinese: 余华; traditional Chinese: 余華; pinyin: Yú Huá) is a Chinese author, born April 3, 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He practiced dentistry for five years and later turned to fiction writing in 1983 because he didn't like "looking into people’s mouths the whole day." Writing allowed him to be more creative and flexible. He grew up during the Cultural Revolution and many of his stories and novels are marked by this experience. One of the distinctive characteristics of his work is his penchant for detailed descriptions of brutal violence.
Yu Hua has written four novels, six collections of stories, and three collections of essays. His most important novels are Chronicle of a Blood Merchant and To Live. The latter novel was adapted for film by Zhang Yimou. Because the film was banned in China, it instantly made the novel a bestseller and Yu Hua a worldwide celebrity. His novels have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Hungarian, Serbian, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Czech and Malayalam.
Note: cited works are those translated into English from the original Chinese.
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