Jia Pingwa

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Jia Pingwa (贾平凹), Chinese novelist, born 21 February 1952 in Shangluo in Shaanxi province.

According to China Daily he is the third most popular writer in China, in a biennial poll conducted by the Chinese Publishing Science Research Center (in 2006). His "Turbulence: a novel" won the Pegasus prize in literature. According to in China Daily his 1993 novel, "Fei Du" (The Abandoned Capital) "was banned for its explicit sexual content by the State Publishing Administration."

[edit] References

• Narrating China: Jia Pingwa and his Fictional World (Routledge Contemporary China Series) by Yiyan Wang Routlege, 2006 ISBN 0415326753
  • Reviewed in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture by Robin Visser (2006).
• The Macho Eunuch: The Politics of Masculinity in Jia Pingwa's "Human Extremities by Kam Louie Modern China Vol. 17, No. 2, 163-187 (1991)
• Flies' Eyes, Mural Remnants, and Jia Pingwa's Perverse Nostalgia by Carlos Rojas, positions: east Asia cultures critique 14.3 (2006) 749-773
• Intute: Arts and Humanities

[edit] External links

• Jia Pingwa awarded the Hongloumeng Prize
• Jia Pingwa: Painter or novelist?