Yu Jie
Yu Jie (Chinese: 余杰; pinyin: Yú jĭe), he is a writer and vice-president of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPENC, 2005–2007), coming from Chengdu, Sichuan, China. He is actively participating in China's human rights activities, and openly expresses his own views related.[1]
Biography
He was born in Chendu, Sichuan, on October 3, 1973. Then, he began to publish his literary works in 13 years old. Yu Jie was admitted to Peking University in 1992, then in 1997 got a Bachelor of Arts degree, and a Master of Arts degree in 2000.
Awards and honors
- In 1998, he made his literary debut, and was honoured with the "Top Ten Good Books" (literary) by Xi-shu reading club for the first book Fire and Ice.
- In 2000, the political commentary "Fight for Freedom" which was awarded the "Most Acute Comment on the Year" by "Yazhou Zhoukan" (Asia Weekly).
- In 2002, Yu Jie was awarded the "Certificate of Achievement Chan's Foundation of Journalism and Culture" in New York, USA.
- In 2006, with the novel Vanilla Mountain, being awarded the "Tang Qing Christian Literature Award" of Hong Kong.
Academic visitings
- 2003 spring, Yu Jie was selected as a candidate of the "International Visitor Program" of the United States Department of State.
- 2003 fall, he was invited by the House of Councillors of Japan to visit Japan.
- 2004 spring, being a visiting scholar to the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Wisconsin, USA.
- 2004 fall, Ye jie was invited to visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France.
- 2005 winter, he went to Melbourne, Australia for attending the "Asia-Pacific Writers Forum."
- 2006 summer, to attend the annual International PEN in Berlin, Germany.
- 2007 spring, he was invited by the Imprinting magazine to visit Taiwan.
- 2007 summer, to the United Staes for attending the "International Anti-Rightist Movement 15th Anniversary Conference" in Princeton University.
Critics
Professor Xiao-hong Xia, the Faculty of Literature of Peking University, said: "Yu jie got the acute and sharp genre in thought, and was emerged in free writing status. Forward, he put his essays with the internal charm and power. Therefore, he reached the realm than those who writers as they never got it in writing for life."
Main works
- 1998:
- Fire and Ice, Economy Daily Press, China.
- Screams within Iron House, Chinese Industry & Commerce Syndicate Press.
- 1999:
- Fire and Ice, (Hong Kong edition), Cosmos Books.[2]
- To say, or Not To say, Culture and Art Publishing House.[3]
- Awkward Times, YueLu Publishing House.[4]
- Civilization Pain (Self Anthology), Bai Hua Publishing House.[5]
- 2000:
- Fly the Wings, China Film Publishing House.
- 2009:
- The Road of Wandering Hero - The Mind History of the Transformation Intellectuals in our times, Taiwan Linking Publishing Co.
- 2010:
Characters 'been judged
A lot of notables whom was judged by Yu Jie as follows.
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Yu, Jie |
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Chinese activist |
| Date of birth |
1973-10-03 |
| Place of birth |
Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
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