Hong Ying

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Hong Ying (虹影) (born September 21, 1962 in Chongqing, Sichuan province), is a modern Chinese author. She studied at the Lu Xun writer's academy and at FuDan University. In 1991 she moved to London, England where she now lives. She is married to Henry Zhao, a lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Her most recent novel, K: The Art of Love, has been the subject of a libel trial in China.

[edit] Representative Works

《K》
Daughter of the River《饥饿的女儿》
Summer of Betrayal
Ananda
Lord of Shanghai
Death in Shanghai
Peocock Cries

[edit] Hong Ying Novels

Far Goes the Girl (1994)
- Taiwan: Erya Press 1996; Mainland China: Jiangsu Literary Press 1997

Summer of Betrayal (1995)
- Meulenhoff, Holland, 1997; Tiden Norsk, Norway, 1997; De Seuil, France, 1997; Bloomsbury, UK, 1997; Farrar Straus & Giroux, US, 1997; Krueger, Germany, 1997 (paperback by Aufbau 2004); Mondadori, Italy, 1997; Aoyama, Japan, 1998; Plaza & Janes, Spain, 1998; Gyldendal, Denmark, 1998; Norstedts, Sweden, 1998; Livros do Brasil, Portugal, 2001

Daughter of the River (1997)
- Taiwan: Erya Press, 1997; Mainland China: Sichuan Literary Press, 1999 (Relaunched by Lijiang Press 2001, Relaunched by Zhishi Press, 2003); Meulenhoff, Holland, 1998; Bloomsbury, UK, 1998; Mondadori, Italy, 1998; Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1998; Grove/Atlantic, US 1999; Norstedts, Sweden, 1999; Tiden Norsk, Norway, 1999; De Sueil, France,1999; Kinnernet, Israel, 2001; Politik Forlag, Denmark, 2001; Otava, Finland, 2001; Govostis, Greece, 2002; Hangilsa, South Korea; Shuei-Sha, Japan; Bertelsmann Media, Poland; Aufbau, Germany; Planeta, Spain

A Lipstick Called Red Pepper: Stories and Novellas (1993-1998)
- Edition Cathey, Bochum University Press, 1999

K (1999)
- Taiwan, Erya Press, 1999; Mainland China, Huashan Press, 2001 (Relaunched by Spring Breeze Press, 2003); Meulenhoff, Holland, 2000; Norstedts, Sweden 2001; Marion Boyars, UK & US, 2002 (Paperback bought by Transworld); De Seuil, France, 2003; Hangilsa, South Korea; Aufbau, Germany, 2004; Metaichimo, Greece; Ganzanti Libri, Italy; Metaixmio, Greece; Grup 62, Spain; Pluto, Slovenia; Kineret, Israel; JLX Publishers, Hungary; Kasander Film Company signed Film Option, December 2003

Ananda (2001)
- Mainland China: Hunan Literary Press, 2001 (Relaunched by Zhishi Press 2003); Taiwan: Unitas Press, 2002

The Peacock Cries (2002)
- Mainland China: Zhishi Publishing House 2003; Taiwan: Unitas Publishing House 2003; English: Marion Boyars, 2004; Germany: Aufbau

Lord of Shanghai (2003)
- Mainland China: Changjiang Literary Publishing House, 2003; Taiwan: Nine Songs Publishing House, 2003; Film adaptation purchased by Sherwood Hu, 2003; TV adaptation right purchased by Tongdao Film Company, 2003; Germany: Aufbau; South Korea: Hangilsa

The Green Platye (2004)
- Mainland China: Shanghai Literary Press, 2004; Taiwan: Nine Songs Press, 2004

Death in Shanghai (2005)
- Taiwan: Nine Songs Press, 2005; Mainland China: Shandong Publishing House, March 2005; Hairun Film Company signed film/TV double contract, March 2005; South Korea: Hangilsa