Ma Jian (Author)
Ma Jian ( Chinese 馬 健 / 马 建 , Pinyin Mǎ Jiàn , born August 18, 1953 in Qingdao , Shandong Province ) is a Chinese author.
He moved to Beijing from Qingdao in 1976 . After some of his works were banned in the PRC, he went to Hong Kong in 1986, where he founded the Hong Kong New Century Press ( Chinese 香港 新 世纪 出版社 , Pinyin xianggang xin shiji chubanshe ). From 1997 to 1999 he lived in Germany and taught modern Chinese literature there; since 1999 he has lived in England. He is married to Flora Drew, who translates his books into English. At the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2009, Ma Jian was a guest of the non-official China program.
Works
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Red Dust , 2002.
- German Red Dust. Three years traveling through China . Translation from English by Barbara Heller. SchirmerGraf, Munich 2009.
- Chinese 拉面 者 , Pinyin Lamianzhe
- Stick out your tongue
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Beijing Coma
- German Peking coma . Translation from English by Susanne Höbel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2011.
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The dark road , 2013.
- dt. The dark street . Translation from English by Susanne Höbel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2015.
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China Dream . Chatto & Windus, London 2018.
- German dream of China . Novel. Translation from English by Susanne Höbel. Rowohlt, Hamburg 2019. ISBN 978-3-498-00107-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ma Jian in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait of Ma Jian (International Literature Festival Berlin)
- Text collection by Ma Jian in Chinese
- 10 questions to Ma Jian ( Memento from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Goethe-Institut China, December 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ma, Jian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 马 建 馬 健 |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th August 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Qingdao |