Bi Feiyu

Bi Feiyu
Native name
毕飞宇
Born1964 (age 60–61)
Xinghua, Jiangsu, China
OccupationNovelist
LanguageChinese
Alma materYangzhou Normal College
Period1987 - present
Genrenovel
Notable worksThree Sisters
Notable awards3rd Lu Xun Literary Prize

Man Asian Literary Prize
2010 Three Sisters
8th Mao Dun Literary Prize
2011 Massage
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese畢飛宇
Simplified Chinese毕飞宇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBì Fēiyǔ
In this Chinese name, the family name is Bi.

Bi Feiyu (Chinese: 毕飞宇; pinyin: Bì Fēiyǔ, born 1964) is a Chinese writer.[1] His works are known for their complex portrayal of the "female psyche."[1] He has won some of the highest literary awards in China. He also wrote the screenplay for Zhang Yimou's 1996 film Shanghai Triad.[1]

Biography

Bi was born in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province in 1964. His name Feiyu means "one who flies across the universe". He lives in Nanjing.[1]

Critical reception

Feiyu's novel The Moon Opera (青衣), translated by Howard Goldblatt, was longlisted for the 2008 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize,[2] while Three Sisters (玉米, 玉秀, 玉秧), also translated by Goldblatt, won the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize.[3] In China, his awards include twice winning the Lu Xun Literary Prize; and the 2011 Mao Dun Prize, the highest national literary award, for Massage.[1]

Selected works in translation

  • Massage. Translated by Howard Goldblatt; Sylvia Li-chun Lin. Melbourne: Penguin. February 2015. ISBN 978-0-67-008097-7.
  • Three Sisters. Translated by Howard Goldblatt; Sylvia Li-chun Lin. London: Telegram. June 2010. ISBN 9781846590238.
  • The Moon Opera. Translated by Howard Goldblatt; Sylvia Li-chun Lin. London: Telegram. November 2007. ISBN 978-0-15-101294-7.

Awards

In 2011, Bi Feiyu won the Mao Dun Literary Prize for his novel Massage, one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China.

On August 21, 2017, the French Ministry of Culture awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres to Bi Feiyu at the General Consulate of France in Shanghai.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Chitralekha Basu and Song Wenwei. "From absurdity to reality", China Daily, Jan 12, 2012
  2. ^ Bi Feiyu’s ‘The Moon Opera’ selected for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize long-list Archived January 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Bi Feiyu. The Man Asian Literary Prize Archived March 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Writer Bi Feiyu awarded French Order of Arts and Letters". China Daily. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2018.