Yu Hua (author)

Yu Hua (author)

Infobox Writer
name = Yu Hua


caption = Yu Hua at the 2005 Singapore Writers Festival
birthdate = birth date and age|1960|4|3
birthplace = Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
deathdate =
deathplace =
occupation = novelist, essayist
genre =
period = 1984-
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Yu Hua (zh-stp|s=余华|t=余華|p=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.Somewho? have called his early work 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 film 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, Korean and Malayalam.

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, Shíbā Suì 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
* Cries in the Drizzle (在细雨中呼喊, Zaixiyuzhong Huhan) (2003) ISBN 978-0-307-27999-6
* Brothers (兄弟, Xiōng Dì) (2005)

External links

* [http://mclc.osu.edu/rc/pubs/yuhua.htm An interview with Yu Hua at Ohio State University]
* [http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=5470 A conversation with Yu Hua at UCLA]


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