Yan Lianke, the Glossary
Yan Lianke (born August 24, 1958) is a Chinese writer of novels and short stories based in Beijing. His work is highly satirical, which has resulted in some of his most renowned works being banned in China. He has admitted to self-censorship while writing his stories in order to avoid censorship. His novels include Serve the People!, Lenin's Kisses, and Dream of Ding Village.[1]
Table of Contents
36 relations: Albert Camus, Bad faith, Beijing, Carlos Rojas (sinologist), Cultural Revolution, Dream of Ding Village, Dream of the Red Chamber Award, Franz Kafka Prize, Grand Prix of Literary Associations, Heart Sutra, Henan, Henan University, HIV/AIDS, Hu Jia (activist), International Booker Prize, Julia Lovell, Kink (sexuality), Lao She Literary Award, Lenin's Kisses, Lu Xun Literary Prize, Man Asian Literary Prize, Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong's cult of personality, Plasma Economy, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Royal Society of Literature, Serve the People, Serve the People!, Song County, The Day the Sun Died, The New Yorker, The Plague (novel), Weiquan movement, Yan (surname), Yazhou Zhoukan, Zhang Side.
- 21st-century Chinese short story writers
- Henan University alumni
- Short story writers from Henan
- Writers from Luoyang
Albert Camus
Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist.
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Bad faith
Bad faith (Latin: mala fides) is a sustained form of deception which consists of entertaining or pretending to entertain one set of feelings while acting as if influenced by another.
Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
Carlos Rojas (sinologist)
Carlos Rojas (born 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American sinologist and translator.
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Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Dream of Ding Village
Dream of Ding Village is a 2006 novel by the Chinese writer Yan Lianke.
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Dream of the Red Chamber Award
The Dream of the Red Chamber Award: The World's Distinguished Novel in Chinese (紅樓夢獎:世界華文長篇小說獎) is a biennial novel prize presented by Hong Kong Baptist University recognizing Chinese language fiction published both within China, and also internationally.
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Franz Kafka Prize
The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the Jewish, Bohemian, German-language novelist.
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Grand Prix of Literary Associations
The Grand Prix of Literary Associations (GPLA) were launched in 2013 in Cameroon, in partnership with Brasseries du Cameroun and sponsorship by Castel Beer.
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Heart Sutra
The Heart Sūtra is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism.
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Henan
Henan is an inland province of China.
Henan University
Henan University (HENU) is a provincial public university in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, Henan, China.
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HIV/AIDS
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.
Hu Jia (activist)
Hu Jia (born July 25, 1973) is a Chinese civil rights activist and noted critic of the Chinese Communist Party.
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International Booker Prize
The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom.
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Julia Lovell
Julia Lovell (born 1975) is a British scholar and prize-winning author and translator focusing on China.
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Kink (sexuality)
In human sexuality, kinkiness is the use of non-conventional sexual practices, concepts or fantasies.
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Lao She Literary Award
The Lao She Literary Award (Lao She wenxue jiang 老舍文学奖) is named after the Chinese novelist Lao She, a writer and activist of 20th-century Chinese literature.
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Lenin's Kisses
Lenin's Kisses is a novel by the Chinese writer Yan Lianke, published in 2004.
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Lu Xun Literary Prize
The Lu Xun Literary Prize (or Lu Xun Literature Prize) 鲁迅文学奖 is a literary prize awarded by China Writers Association.
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Man Asian Literary Prize
The Man Asian Literary Prize was an annual literary award between 2007 and 2012, given to the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in English or translated into English, and published in the previous calendar year.
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Yan Lianke and Mao Zedong are 20th-century Chinese male writers.
Mao Zedong's cult of personality
Mao Zedong's cult of personality was a prominent part of Chairman Mao Zedong's rule over the People's Republic of China from the state's founding in 1949 until his death in 1976.
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Plasma Economy
Plasma Economy was a 1991–1995 plasmapheresis campaign by the Henan provincial government in China, in which blood plasma was extracted in exchange for money.
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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung is a book of statements from speeches and writings by Mao Zedong (formerly romanized as Mao Tse-tung), the former Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, published from 1964 to 1979 and widely distributed during the Cultural Revolution.
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Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".
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Serve the People
"Serve the People" is a political slogan and the motto of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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Serve the People!
Serve the People! (为人民服务) is a 2005 novel by Yan Lianke.
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Song County
Song County or Songxian is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Luoyang, in the west of Henan Province, China.
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The Day the Sun Died
The Day the Sun Died is a 2015 novel by Yan Lianke, published in Taiwan.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Plague (novel)
The Plague (La Peste) is a 1947 absurdist novel by Albert Camus.
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Weiquan movement
The Weiquan movement is a non-centralized group of lawyers, legal experts, and intellectuals in China who seek to protect and defend the civil rights of the citizenry through litigation and legal activism.
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Yan (surname)
Yan is a surname in several languages and the pinyin romanization for several Chinese surnames, including "严 (嚴)", "晏 (晏)", "偃 (偃)", "颜 (顏)", "言 (言)", "燕 (燕)", "阎 (閻)", "闫 (閆)", "鄢 (鄢)" in simplified (traditional) form.
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Yazhou Zhoukan
Yazhou Zhoukan is a Chinese-language international affairs newsweekly.
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Zhang Side
Zhang Side (April 19, 1915 – September 5, 1944) was a Chinese Communist soldier and guard for Mao Zedong.
See also
21st-century Chinese short story writers
- Anni Baobei
- Chen Maiping
- Chen Xiwo
- Di An (writer)
- Feng Jicai
- Ganggang Hu Guidice
- Han Dong (writer)
- Han Han
- Hong Ying
- Jia Pingwa
- Liu Cixin
- Liu Heng (writer)
- Lu Min (writer)
- Mo Yan
- Rao Xueman
- Sheng Keyi
- Tashi Dawa
- Tie Ning
- Wang Anyi
- Wang Xiaoni
- Wei Wei (female writer)
- Xu Kun
- Xu Yigua
- Yan Ge
- Yan Lianke
- Ye Zhaoyan
- Yiyun Li
- Yu Hua
- Zhang Jie (writer)
- Zhang Xin (writer)
- Zhang Xinxin (writer)
- Zhang Yueran
- Zhu Lin (novelist)
- Zong Pu
- Zou Jingzhi
Henan University alumni
- Bing Xue
- Cao Yong
- Jiao Guobiao
- Jin Suidong
- Li Chunsheng (politician)
- Li Hui-min
- Li Peifu
- Li Xiaojiang
- Liu Sifeng
- Ma Ke (composer)
- Mao Wanchun
- Wang Guoquan
- Yan Lianke
Short story writers from Henan
- Li Zhun
- Yan Lianke
Writers from Luoyang
- Aowen Jin
- Cao Que
- Chen Yixing
- Chen Yuyi
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang
- Jia Su
- Jia Yi
- Jiang Shen
- Li He
- Li Zhun
- Liu Fangping
- Lu Zhuguo
- Sang Weihan
- Sun Shengwu
- Wang Duo (Ming dynasty)
- Wang Wan
- Wang Xuance
- Wansong Xingxiu
- Wu Yuanheng
- Xuanzang
- Yan Lianke
- Yao Shouzhong
- Yao Sui
- Ye Chun
- Zhang Yue (Tang dynasty)
- Zu Yong
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Lianke
Also known as Jen Lien-kche.