Zhang Jie (writer)

Zhang Jie (traditional Chinese: 張潔; simplified Chinese: 张洁; pinyin: Zhāng Jié; Wade–Giles: Chang Chieh, born 1937) is a Chinese novelist and short-story writer. She is one of China's first contributors to feminist fiction.

Zhang Jie
Native name	張潔
Born	1937 (age 83–84) Beijing, China
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Renmin University of China
Period	1960 - present
Genre	Novel, prose
Subject	"People" and "Love"
Notable works	Leaden Wings
Notable awards	2nd Mao Dun Literature Prize 1985 Leaden Wings 6th Mao Dun Literature Prize 2005 Wuzi

Her novel Leaden Wings was translated into German in 1982 and published in England in 1987 by Virago Press. She was awarded the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 1985 for Leaden Wings and in 2005 for Without a Word, making her the first writer to receive the award twice.[1]

Works

• The Child of the Forest (1978)
• Love Must Not be Forgotten (1979)
• Leaden Wings (1981)
• The Ark (1982)
• On a Green Lawn (1983)
• Emerald (1984)
• If Nothing Happens, Nothing Will (1986)
• Only One Sun (1988)
• As Long As Nothing Happens, Nothing Will' (translated short stories, 1988)
• A Chinese Woman in Europe (1989)
• You are a Friend of my Soul (1990)
• Fever (Shang Huo) (1991)
• Interior Heat (1992)
• In the Twilight (1994)
• Gone Is The Person Who Loved Me Most (Shijieshang zui teng wo de nage ren qu le) (世界上最疼我的那个人去了) (1994)
• Why... in the First Place? (1994)
• A Collection of Proses (1995)
• Oversea Travels (1995)
• Without A Word (Wu Zi) (无字) (1998)

Further reading

• Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature

References

1. "Zhang Jie". International Literature Festival Berlin. 2003. Retrieved 2010-04-27.

External links

• The Life and Literature of Zhang Jie
• Zhang Jie bibliography at Asian and Pacific Writers Network