Yu Hua
Chinese novelist and essayist
Yu Hua is a Chinese novelist, essayist and short story writer from Hangzhou. He wrote To Live and Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, and his work has been translated into over 20 languages.
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Chinese Born 1960 in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
About Yu Hua
Yu Hua was born on 3 April 1960 in Hangzhou, in China's Zhejiang province. He worked as a dentist for five years before turning to fiction in 1983. He came of age during the Cultural Revolution, and that period left its mark on much of his fiction. His novels To Live and Chronicle of a Blood Merchant are among his best-known works, and Zhang Yimou adapted To Live for film. He has also published six story collections and three essay collections. In 2002 he became the first Chinese citizen to win the James Joyce Award. China In Ten Words is one of his books in our catalog.