Yu Hua
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yu.
 Yu Hua at the 2005 Singapore Writers Festival |
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| Born: | April 3, 1960 (age 47) Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China |
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| Occupation: | novelist, essayist |
| Writing period: | 1984- |
Yu Hua (Simplified Chinese: 余华; Traditional Chinese: 余華; pinyin: Yú Huá) is a Chinese author, born on April 3, 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He studied dentistry but soon decided to write fiction in 1983 because it allowed him to be more creative and flexible. He grew up during the Cultural Revolution so many of his stories and novels are marked by this experience. His early work can be compared with a nightmarish vision of a visit to the dentist: sadistic and brutal. Yu Hua has so far written three novels, six collections of stories, and three collections of essays. His most important novels are called Chronicle of a Blood Merchant and To Live. The latter novel was adapted for a movie by Zhang Yimou. Because the film was banned in China, it instantly made the novel a bestseller and Yu Hua a worldwide celebrity. His novels have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, and Korean.
[edit] Works
Short Stories
- The Past and the Punishments: Eight Stories ISBN 0-8248-1817-2
- World Like Mist: Eight Stories (Shi shi ru yan) ISBN 986-7691-37-7
Novels
- Leaving Home at Eighteen (十八岁出门远行, Shíbāsuì Chūmén Yuǎnxíng)
- To Live (1992) (活着, Huózhe) ISBN 1-4000-3186-9
- Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (许三观卖血记, Xǔ Sānguān Mài Xuè Jì) (1995) ISBN 1-4000-3185-0
- Brothers (兄弟, Xiōng Dì) (2005)
