Occupation Novelist Genre Novel Language Chinese Name Chi Zijian | Nationality Chinese Role Novelist Period 1983 - present | |
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Alma mater Daxing'anling Normal CollegeNorthwest UniversityBeijing Normal UniversityLu Xun Literature College Books The Last Quarter of the Moon, A Flock in the Wilderness, Figments of the Supernatural Education | ||
Chi Zijian (Chinese: 迟子建; born 27 February 1964) is a Chinese novelist. She is best known for her novel The Right Bank of Erguna River which won the Mao Dun Literary Prize (2008), one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China.
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Biography
Chi was born in Mohe County, Heilongjiang in February 1964. Her father, Chi Zefeng (迟泽凤), was the president of a local school. Chi Zijian was named after his father's idol Cao Zijian, a poet and prince of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period.
Chi entered Daxing'anling Normal College (大兴安岭师范学校) in 1981 and she started to publish novels in 1983.
In 1988, Chi was accepted to Northwest University, majoring in writing. One year later, she attended Beijing Normal University and Lu Xun Literary Institute.
In 1990, Chi joined the Heilongjiang Writers Association.
Her novel, Last Quarter of the Moon, was published in 2005, which won the Mao Dun Literary Prize in 2008.
Chi won the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 1996, 2000, and 2007.
Novellas
Short stories
Awards
Personal life
In 1998, Chi married Huang Shijun (黄世君), who was the CPC County Committee Secretary of Tahe. In May 2002, Huang died in a car accident.