Linda Jaivin

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Linda Jaivin (born 27 March 1955)[1] is an American-born Australian translator, essayist and novelist.

Works

Jaivin has written a memoir of her experiences as a translator in China, The Monkey and the Dragon, as well as a number of novels. She co-edited an anthology on dissident writers in China, New Ghosts, Old Dreams:Chinese Rebel Voices with Geremie Barmé, in 1992. Jaivin has contributed to a number of magazines including the Australian magazine of politics and culture, The Monthly. She wrote for the Quarterly Essay Found in Translation: In Praise of a Plural World in November 2013. She has subtitled many Chinese films, including Farewell my Concubine and The Grandmaster. Jaivin has been a guest on the ABC radio program The Book Show[2] and a panelist on Q&A and other programs.[3][4]

Novels

  • Eat Me (1995)
  • Rock 'n' Roll Babes from Outer Space (1996)
  • Miles Walker, You're Dead (1999)
  • Dead Sexy (2000)
  • The Infernal Optimist (2006)
  • A Most Immoral Woman (2009)[5]

Works of non-fiction

  • New Ghosts, Old Dreams: Chinese Rebel Voices (1992)
  • Confessions of an S & M Virgin (1997)
  • The Monkey and the Dragon (2001)
  • Found In Translation: In Praise of a Plural World (2013)

References

  1. ↑ The Bibliography of Australian Literature: F-J. Retrieved 19 December 2013
  2. ↑ The Book Show, ABC Radio National
  3. ↑ China: Jianying Zha, Linda Jaivin and Paul French (television interview)
  4. ↑ Party Time: Living and Working in China (television interview)
  5. ↑ "A Most Immoral Woman" (radio interview)

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