Yang Yi (writer)
Yang Yi ( Chinese 楊 逸 / 楊 逸 , Pinyin Yáng Yì , Japanese after Hepburn Yan Ī , real name Liu You ( Chinese 劉 莜 / 刘 莜 , Pinyin Liú Yóu ); born June 18, 1964 in Harbin , People's Republic of China ) is a Japanese Writer of Chinese origin.
Yang Yi went to Japan in 1987 to study Japanese language at Tokyo University. She also wrote for a newspaper for Chinese emigrants and taught Chinese. In 2007 she made her debut as a writer with the novel Wang-chan ( ワ ン ち ゃ ん , Wan-chan ), for which she received the Bungakukai Prize for New Authors . For her next novel Toki ga nijimu asa ( 時 が 滲 む 朝 ) she was the first foreign author to be awarded the Akutagawa Prize . Her next two novels, Kingyo seikatsu ( 金魚 生活 ) and Suki-yaki ( す き ・ や き ) were published in 2009.
source
- j.lit Books from Japan - Yang Yi. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
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SURNAME | Yang, Yi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 楊 逸 (stage name); Yan Ī (stage name, Japanese); 劉 莜 (real name, traditional Chinese); 刘 莜 (real name, simplified Chinese); Liú Yóu (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese-Chinese writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Harbin |