Zhang Xin (writer)
Appearance
Zhang Xin | |||||||
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Beijing, China | ||||||
Language | Chinese | ||||||
Alma mater | Peking University | ||||||
Years active | 1978–present | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張欣 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张欣 | ||||||
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Zhang Xin (born 1954) is a Chinese author based in Guangzhou.[1] Several of her novels have been adapted into films and TV series.
Works translated into English
[edit]Year | Chinese title | Translated English title | Translator |
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1992 | 绝非偶然 | "Certainly Not by Coincidence"[2] | Daniel B. Wright |
1993 | 我是谁 | "Portrait of Myself"[3] | Li Ziliang |
1994 | 首席 | "Where Angels Dare to Tread"[4] | Josephine A. Matthews |
岁月无敌 | "Invincible Time"[5] | ||
一生何求 | "What to Hope For?"[6] | Yu Fanqin |
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | English title | Chinese title | Notes |
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1996 | With You at the Dawn | 伴你到黎明 | based on her novella of the same name |
2009 | The DINKs and the Baby | 丁克与宝贝 |
TV series
[edit]Year | English title | Chinese title | Notes |
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1994 | So What About Love | 爱又如何 | based on her novel of the same name |
2000 | Deadly Encounter | 致命邂逅 | based on her novel of the same name |
2001 | Files of Fallen Stars | 沉星档案 | based on her novel of the same name |
2002 | Life Show | 生活秀 | adapted screenplay, based on her friend Chi Li's novel of the same name |
Behind the Vanity | 浮华背后 | based on her novel of the same name | |
2003 | Change a Life-Style | 换个活法 | based on her novella You Have No Reasons Not to Go Insane (你没有理由不疯) |
2004 | Who Can I Depend On | 谁可相依 | based on her novel of the similar title (谁可相倚) |
The Vain City | 浮华城市 | based on her novella Affection and Love Are Insufficient for Marriage (仅有情爱是不能结婚的) | |
My Teardrop | 我的泪珠儿 | based on her novel Teardrop (泪珠儿) | |
2006 | Waves Washing the Sand | 浪淘沙 | based on her novel Deep Throat (深喉) |
Married for Love | 为爱结婚 | based on her novel of the same name | |
2008 | Locking Love | 锁春记 | based on her novel of the same name |
2009 | The Wedding | 嫁衣 | based on her novel It's Still You (依然是你) |
2010 | Those Charming Past Events | 那些迷人的往事 | based on her novel Single-Minded Pursuit (一意孤行) |
References
[edit]- ^ 作家张欣谈“言情”:别叫我“大陆琼瑶”
- ^ Six Contemporary Chinese Women Writers, IV. Chinese Literature Press. 1995. ISBN 0835131750.
- ^ Chinese Literature, Autumn 1993.
- ^ Chinese Literature, Autumn 1995.
- ^ Chinese Literature, Spring 1997.
- ^ Chinese Literature, Winter 1998.
Further reading
[edit]- Berg, Daria (2000). Portraying China's New Women Entrepreneurs: A Reading of Zhang Xin's Fiction (PDF). University of Durham. ISBN 1-899294-11-2.
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Screenwriters from Beijing
- Peking University alumni
- Chinese women short story writers
- Chinese women novelists
- 20th-century Chinese writers
- 21st-century Chinese novelists
- 20th-century Chinese women writers
- 20th-century Chinese novelists
- 21st-century Chinese women writers
- 21st-century Chinese short story writers
- Short story writers from Beijing
- Chinese writer stubs