Li Juan (author)

Li Juan (Chinese: 李娟; born July 1979) is a Chinese essayist. Most of her works are centred around nomadic life in the Altay region of Xinjiang.

Biography

Li Juan was born in 1979 in Kuytun City, Xinjiang.[1] Her parents were originally from Sichuan Province.[2] She began to publish her writing in 1999 and has since published more than ten essay collections.[3] Most of her works detail her personal experiences of the landscape and Kazakh nomads of Xinjiang's Altay region.[1] Li was among the winners of the Seventh Lu Xun Literary Prize (2014–17).[4] In a New York Times article, Eric Abrahamsen wrote that Li's career has taken a "wild path" and that she "may be as far outside of the system as Chinese writers are able to get and still publish".[5]

Selected works

Nine Snows (2003)[1]

My Altay (2010)[1]

Corners of Altay (2010)[1]

Travelling Through the Night: Please Sing Out Loud (2011)[1]

Remember Little, Forget More (2017)[2]

Translated works (English)

Distant Sunflower Fields (2021) translated by Christopher Payne[6]

Winter Pasture: One Woman's Journey with China's Kazakh Herders (2021) translated by Jack Hargreaves and Yan Yan[7]

References

1. Abrahamsen, Eric. "Li Juan". Paper Republic. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
2. Li, Hongrui (2017-07-27). "Woman writer from Xinjiang features her life in new book". China Daily. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
3. "Li Juan". World Literature Today. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
4. "Lu Xun Literature Prize names 2014-17 winners". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
5. Abrahamsen, Eric (2015-06-16). "Opinion | The Real Censors of China". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
6. Li, Juan (2021). Distant Sunflower Fields. London: Sinoist Books. ISBN 978-1838905064.
7. Li, Juan (2021). Winter Pasture: One Woman's Journey with China's Kazakh Herders. Astra House. ISBN 978-1662600333.