Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Literature, Society, and Memory
A talk by Chinese writer Yan Lianke.
When:
March 27, 2013 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Where
Yan Lianke is a renowned Chinese author of many novels and short-story collections, including Serve the People!, and has won China’s two top literary awards, the Lu Xun for Nian, yue, ri (The Year, the Month, the Day), and the Lao She for Shouhuo (Pleasure).
His full-length novels include: The Dream of Ding Village, a tale of the blood trade and subsequent Aids epidemic in a rural Henan village; The Joy of Living (Alt title: The Living, a sweeping tale of the lives of disabled rural villagers from the Chinese Communist revolution through the years of reform and opening; The Sunlit Years; Solidity of Water (Alt title: Hard as Water) and Serve the People, which was banned in China and later translated into English, French and Japanese.
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Phone Number:
512-471-5811
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