Xu Kun

Xu Kun (徐坤; born 1965) is a Chinese postmodern fiction writer based in Beijing.[1][2] She is currently the deputy chair of Beijing Writers Association. She was born in Shenyang and holds a Ph.D. in literature from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Liaoning University.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Works translated to English
YearChinese titleTranslated English titleTranslator(s)
1997厨房"Kitchen"Richard King[3]
Vivian H. Zhang[4]
"The Kitchen"Zhang Ruiqing[5]
Lin Bin[6]
1999爱人同志"My Beloved Comrade"[7]Chen Haiyan
2005午夜广场最后的探戈"Last Tango in the Square One Midsummer Night"[8]Ji Hua, Gao Wenxing
2006销签"Visa Cancelling"[9]Roddy Flagg

"Kitchen" received the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2000.

References
  1. Ying, Li-hua (2010). "Xu Kun". Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 223–4. ISBN 978-0-8108-5516-8.
  2. Leung, Laifong (2017). "Xu Kun". Contemporary Chinese Fiction Writers: Biography, Bibliography, and Critical Assessment. Routledge. pp. 256–9. ISBN 978-0-7656-1760-6.
  3. Chinese Literature, May 2000
  4. The Girl Named Luo Shan and Other Stories. Long River Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-59265-032-3.
  5. How Far Is Forever and More Stories by Women Writers. Foreign Languages Press. 2008. ISBN 978-7-119-05436-0.
  6. The Kitchen and Other Stories. Penguin Group. 2016. ISBN 9781743771877.
  7. Chinese Literature, February 2000
  8. The Great Masque and More Stories of Life in the City. Foreign Languages Press. 2008. ISBN 978-7-119-05437-7.
  9. Irina's Hat. Foreign Languages Press. 2014. ISBN 978-7-119-09307-9.


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