Zhu Wen (director)

Zhu Wen ( Chinese 朱文 , Pinyin Zhū Wén ; * 1967 in Quanzhou , Fujian Province ) is a Chinese writer , poet, screenwriter and director.

Life

After studying kinetics at the University of the Southeast in Nanjing , graduating in 1991 , he worked there as an engineer for some time before devoting himself to literary work. In the nineties he was the initiator of the literary movement "duanlie" ("cracks") and a representative of a generation of young authors who had a decisive influence on the renewal of Chinese literature. His works include four collections of short stories, a novel, a poetry collection, and some scripts. He made his directorial debut in 2001 with the film Haixian ( Seafood ), which was presented in Cannes and won the special prize "Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year" at the Venice Film Festival . In 2004 he made his second film (also directed and screenplayed) Yun de nan fang ( South of the Clouds ), which won the "Netpac Prize" at the Berlinale. Zhu Wen lives in Beijing.

Books

Wo Ai Meiyuan (我爱美元), short stories 1995
Didi de Yanzou (弟弟的演奏), short stories 1996
Yinwei Gudu (因为孤独), short stories 1996
Shenme shi laji, shenme shi ai (什么是垃圾，什么是爱), novel 1998
Renmin daodi xu bu xuyao sangna (人民到底需不需要桑拿), short stories 2000
Kan nüren , Stories 2007
I love dollars and other stories from China . Short story collection. Translated from the Chinese by Frank Meinshausen. A1 Verlag , Munich 2009. ISBN 3-940666-07-6 .
Duanli in the old city of Nanjing in Life is Now , Ed. Frank Meinshausen, Suhrkamp, 2003 (out of print). Newly published in 2014 in the eBook anthology "Elfmal China Stadt", WandTiger Verlag.

Movies

Haixian ( Seafood ), 2001
Yun de nan fang ( South of the Clouds ), 2004

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personal data
SURNAME	Zhu, Wen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chinese writer, poet, screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH	1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Quanzhou , Fujian Province