Occupation Chinese writer Name Zhang Yueran | Role Writer Books The Promise Bird | |
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Born 1982 ( 1982 ) | ||
Zhang Yueran & Jeremy Tiang Book Reading, update by Robin Stienberg, National Critics Choice
Zhang Yueran (Chinese: 张悦然, born 1982) is a Chinese writer.
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- Zhang Yueran Jeremy Tiang Book Reading update by Robin Stienberg National Critics Choice
- Early life
- Writer
- Teacher
- Publications
- References
Early life
In 1982, Zhang was born Jinan, Shandong. She is the only daughter to her parents. Her father was a professor of Shandong University, and he was very keen on literuature.
Zhang is the alumni of Shandong Experimental High School, Shandong University and National University of Singapore.
Writer
Her main works include short stories and novels. She won the 2001 New Concept Writing Competition organised by Mengya magazine. She is often labeled as part of a group of successful Chinese authors known as the "post-'80s" generation.
In 2011, she participated in the International Writing Program Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.
Teacher
Nowadays Zhang is a teacher of Literary Studies in Renmin University of China.