Liu Zhenyun

Liu Zhenyun 刘震云
Born	May 1958 (age 57) Yanjin, Henan, China
Occupation	Writer
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Peking University
Notable works	One Sentence worth Ten Thousand
Notable awards	Mao Dun Literature Prize 2011
Spouse	Guo Jianmei 郭建梅

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Zhenyun (born 1958) is a Chinese novelist. His novel One Sentence worth Ten Thousand was awarded the 2011 Mao Dun Literature Prize.

Biography

Liu was born in Yanjin, Henan Province in 1958. In 1973 he joined the People's Liberation Army and spent five years in the Gobi desert. In 1978, he took the gaokao and got the highest score in Henan Province admitted into the prestigious Peking University. After graduating from university, he became a journalist at the Farmers Daily.

Novels

I Did Not Kill My Husband (2014, Arcade Publishing, Translated by Howard Goldblatt) ISBN 9781628724264
I am Not Pan Jinlian (2012)
One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand (一句顶一万句; 2008)
Chicken Feathers Everywhere (一地鸡毛; 1992)
Tapu Township (塔铺; 1982)

Awards

2011: Mao Dun Literature Prize, winner, One Sentence worth Ten Thousand^[1]

References

↑ Zhang Zhongjiang (2011-08-20). 刘震云莫言等5人作品获第八届茅盾文学奖. Netease (in Chinese). Retrieved 2012-07-28.

Mao Dun Literature Prize

1st (1982)	Wei Wei – Orient Zhou Keqin – Xu Mao and His daughters Yao Xueyin – Li Zicheng Mo Yingfeng – General's Chant Li Guowen – Spring in Winter Gu Hua – A Small Town Called Hibiscus

2nd (1985)	Zhang Jie – Leaden Wings Liu Xinwu – Bell and Drum Tower Li Zhun – Yellow River Flowing to East

3rd (1991)	Lu Yao – Ordinary World Ling Li – Young Emperor Sun Li and Yu Xiaohui – Rhapsody of Metropolis Liu Baiyu – The Second Sun Huo Da – The Funeral of Muslim Xiao Ke – Bloody Heaven Xu Xingye – Broken Golden Bowl

4th (1997)	Chen Zhongshi – White Deer Plain Wang Huo – War and People Liu Sifen – White Gate Willow Liu Yumin – Unsettled Autumn

5th (2000)	Alai – After the Dust Settled Wang Anyi – The Song of Everlasting Sorrow Zhang Ping – Decision Wang Xufeng – Three Episodes of Tea-man

6th (2005)	Xiong Zhaozheng – Zhang Juzheng Zhang Jie – Wordless Xu Guixiang – Heaven of History Liu Jianwei – Heroic Time Zong Pu – Lead-in of Wild Gourd

7th (2008)	Jia Pingwa – Qin Qiang Chi Zijian – The Right Bank of Er'guna River Mai Jia – Plot Zhou Daxin – The Scenery of the Lake and the Mountain

8th (2011)	Zhang Wei – On the Plateau Liu Xinglong – Skywalker Bi Feiyu – Massage Mo Yan – Frog Liu Zhenyun – One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand

9th (2015)	Su Tong – Yellowbird Story Ge Fei – Jiangnan Trilogy Wang Meng – Scenery on this Side Jin Yucheng – Blossoms Li Peifu – The Book of Life

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