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Yan Lianke
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Yan Lianke is a Chinese writer, translator, university teacher, and former military personnel born in Song County in 1958. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party and has worked at Renmin University of China. His professional locations include Henan and Beijing. He is educated at Henan University and speaks Chinese.
Lianke has authored nineteen works, including *Serve the People*, *Day the Sun Died*, *The*, *El somni del poble Ding*, *Días, meses, años*, and *La muerte del sol*. He received the Franz Kafka Prize and was nominated for the International Booker Prize.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Serve the People ('Wei Ren Min Fu Wu', in Traditional Chinese, NOT in English)
- Day the Sun Died, The
- El somni del poble Ding
- Días, meses, años
- La muerte del sol
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1958-08-24 ) August 24, 1958 (age 67) , Henan , China
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Alma mater
- Henan University; People's Literature Army Arts College
- Period
- 1980–present
- Genre
- Fiction, prose, script, literacy theory
- Notable awards
- Lu Xun Literary Prize, Franz Kafka Prize
- Spouse
- Zhai Lisha
- Children
- Yan Songwei
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Yan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Song County
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Henan University
- Employer
- Renmin University of China
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Image
- Yan Lianke, 2024 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Beijing
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- Commons category
- Yan Lianke
- date of birth
- 1958-08-24
- nominated for
- International Booker Prize
- described at URL
- www.ubudwritersfestival.com/writers/yan-lianke-riiea
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Encyclopedic overview
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Yan Lianke (Chinese: 阎连科; 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.
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