Qiu Xiaolong

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Qiu Xiaolong, 2016

Qiu Xiaolong ( Chinese  裘小龙 , [ tɕʰjoʊː ˌɕjɑʊˈlʊŋ ]; * 1953 in Shanghai ) is a Chinese writer, university professor , crime novelist and translator in exile in the US .

Life

Qiu Xiaolong grew up in Shanghai. He escaped being sent to the country during the “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution” due to illness. He learned the English language with the help of Mao quotes, since schools were closed at this stage and no English textbooks were available. In 1976, after the end of the Cultural Revolution, Qiu Xiaolong began studying English and literature. He has translated poems by TS Eliot and American detective novels, e.g. B. by Raymond Chandler and Ruth Rendell , in the Chinese language. He was allowed to travel to the USA in 1988 on the basis of a Ford Foundation grant . After the massacre on Tiananmen Square , he did not return to China for the time being . It was not until 1995 that he traveled to Shanghai again.

Since 1994 he has taught Chinese literature and language at Washington University in St. Louis . He lives in St. Louis with his wife and daughter . His books have been translated into several languages.

Works

Reference book

  • Love in classical Chinese literature: Cathayan passions vs. Confucian ethics, Dissertation (Ph.D.), Washington University, 1994.

Fiction

Chief Inspector Chen

  • 2000 Death of a Red Heroine
    • Death of a red heroine - Chief Inspector Chen's first case, German by Holger Fliessbach; Zsolnay, Vienna 2003. ISBN 3-552-05229-1
  • 2002 A Loyal Character Dancer
    • The woman with the red heart - Chief Inspector Chen's second case, German by Susanne Hornfeck, Zsolnay Vienna 2004. ISBN 3-552-05319-0
  • 2004 When Red Is Black
    • Black on Red - Chief Inspector Chen's third case, German by Susanne Hornfeck, Zsolnay Vienna 2005. ISBN 3-552-05351-4
  • 2006 A Case of Two Cities
    • Rote Ratten - Oberinspektor Chen's fourth case, German by Susanne Hornfeck, Zsolnay, Vienna 2007. ISBN 3-552-05379-4
  • 2007 Red Mandarin Dress
    • Blood and red silk - Chief Inspector Chen's fifth case, German by Susanne Hornfeck, Zsolnay, Vienna 2009. ISBN 978-3-552-05461-5
  • 2009 The Mao Case ISBN 978-0-312-60123-2
  • 2011 Don't Cry, Tai Lake
    • Deadly Water - Chief Inspector Chen's sixth case, German by Susanne Hornfeck; Zsolnay, Vienna 2011. ISBN 978-3-552-05535-3
  • 2014 Enigma of China
    • 99 Coffins - Chief Inspector Chen's Seventh Case, by Susanne Hornfeck; Zsolnay, Vienna 2014. ISBN 978-3-552-05677-0
  • 2015 Shanghai Redemption
    • Jackals in Shanghai - Chief Inspector Chen's eighth case, German by Susanne Hornfeck; Zsolnay, Vienna 2016. ISBN 978-3-552-05770-8

Further

  • 2007 Cité de la Poussière rouge ( Years of Red Dust [2010])
    • The gate to the Rote Gasse (stories), German by Susanne Hornfeck and Sonja Hauser; DTV, Munich 2009. ISBN 978-3-423-21172-7

Translations

  • Treasury of Chinese Love Poems (2003)
  • Lines Around Chinese (2003)

Adaptations

Radio plays

Awards

  • 2001: Anthony Award for Best Debut Novel for Death of a Red Heroine

Web links

Commons : Qiu Xiaolong  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual references, comments

  1. ↑ Murder in Chinese: Qiu Xialong Special. Archived from the original on August 22, 2014 ; accessed on August 20, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Qiu Xiaolong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 裘小龙 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese author, university professor and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Shanghai