Zhou Weihui

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Zhou Weihui (2005)

Zhou Weihui ( Chinese  周衛慧  /  周卫慧 , Pinyin Zhōu Wèihuì ; * 1973 in Ningbo near Shanghai ) is a Chinese writer .

Life

Her father was a senior military man, which is why she moved frequently with her parents during her childhood.

After graduating from Fudan University with a degree in Chinese Language and Literature in 1995, she worked in various professions, including journalist and television editor. She has published a number of short story collections and novels in China .

At the age of 25, she published the novel Shanghai Baby , which was initially banned in China because of the excessive depiction of romantic scenes. After its publication, the novel found many enthusiastic readers, before the Communist Party banned it for "sexual excesses", temporarily closed the publishing house and left existing copies of the book to a public book burning . The book has now been translated into 31 languages ​​and has appeared in 45 countries. In 2007, the film with the leading actress Bai Ling , directed and produced by Berengar Pfahl, was presented at the Berlinale .

In 2005 her second novel Marrying Buddha was published and translated into English.

Works (German)

  • Shanghai baby. From the Chinese by Karin Hasselblatt. Ullstein, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-550-08343-2 .
  • Marrying Buddha. From the English (based on the Chinese orig.) By Susanne Hornfeck. Ullstein, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-550-08620-2 - as audio book: Delta, ISBN 3-86538-256-8 - new edition. planned 2007 (Ullstein)

Web links

See also: List of Chinese Writers

Individual evidence

  1. Sex, Drugs & Lust for Life in China - 3sat website
  2. John Freeman: Novelist Wei Hui talks about book-burning, notoriety and Buddha on the New Zealand Herald website, October 18, 2005