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The Book Of Beijing
' ''The Book of Beijing'' is an anthology of ten stories from various Chinese writers, edited by Bingbing Shi and published on 7 September 2023. It is the twenty-fourth book of the ''Reading the City'' series, focused on stories from and about a certain city, in this case Beijing in China. Stories * ''On the Subway'' by Fu Xuiying, translated by Chris MacDonald * ''Secretly'' by Xu Zechen, translated by Eric Abrahamsen * ''Dogshit Football'' by Xu Kun, translated by Katherine Tse * ''Glass River'' by Qiu Huadong, translated by Paul Harris * ''The MagiMirror Algorithm'' by Gu Shi, translated by Florence Taylor * ''Date at the Art Gallery'' by Wen Zhen, translated by Jack Hargreaves * ''Is Mr. Zhang Home?'' by Shi Yifeng, translated by Hongyu Jasmine Zhu * ''Blue Peony'' by Ning Ken, translated by Alison Sharpless * ''The Second Ring Road'' by Yu Wenling, translated by Helen Wang * ''Reunion'' by Han Song, translated by Carson Ramsdell Background The University of Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and genre-based anthologies.Chris Baldrick''The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms'' 3rd. ed (2008) Complete collections of works are often called " complete works" or "" (Latin equivalent). Etymology The word entered the English language in the 17th century, from the Greek word, ἀνθολογία (''anthologic'', literally "a collection of blossoms", from , ''ánthos'', flower), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, the ''Garland'' (, ''stéphanos''), the introduction to which compares each of its anthologized poets to a flower. That ''Garland'' by Meléagros of Gadara formed the kernel for what has become known as the Greek Anthology. '' Florilegium'', a Latin derivative for a collection of flowers, was used in mediev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as China's List of cities in China by population, second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji, Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Zechen
Xu Zechen (; born in 1978 in Donghai County, Jiangsu) is a Chinese author of literary fiction. He currently works as an editor at '' People's Literature Magazine''. In 2009 he was a writer in residence at Creighton University and in 2010 he attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Awards * 2019 - Awarded the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Northward" * 2016 - Awarded the 1st Cross-Strait Young Writers Prize for "Jerusalem" * 2015 - Nominated for the 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Jerusalem" * 2014 - Awarded the Lao She Literary Award for "Jerusalem" * 2014 - Awarded the Short Story Award of the 7th Lu Xun Literary Prize for ''If A Snowstorm Seals the Door'' Works Representative works include the following (translated titles are approximate): Novels and Novellas *《耶路撒冷》 (Jerusalem) *《跑步穿过中关村》 ''Running Through Beijing'' (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen) *《午夜之门》 (Midnight's Door) *《夜火车》(Night T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Abrahamsen
Eric Abrahamsen (born 1978) is an American award-winning literary translator from Chinese to English.Eric Abrahamsen, Paper Republic website, https://paper-republic.org/ericabrahamsen/ Biography Abrahamsen studied Chinese at the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing from 2001, and remained in China until 2016, translating and promoting Chinese literature. He hosts the website ''Paper Republic''. Awards * Awarded a PEN Translation Grant for his translation of Wang Xiaobo's ''My Spiritual Homeland''. * Awarded a NEA grant for his translation of Xu Zechen's ''Running Through Beijing''. * Shortlisted for the National Translation Award for his translation of Xu Zechen's ''Running Through Beijing''. * 2015 - Awarded Special Book Award of China Publications Abrahamsen has translated numerous works of varying lengths, which have been published in ''The New Yorker'', ''Granta'', ''n+1'', and Paper Republic. He also writes about contemporary Chinese literature. Transla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Kun
Xu Kun (徐坤; born 1965) is a Chinese postmodern fiction writer based in Beijing. She is currently the deputy chair of Beijing Writers Association. She was born in Shenyang and holds a Ph.D. in literature from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Liaoning University. Works translated to English "Kitchen" received the Lu Xun Literary Prize The Lu Xun Literary Prize (or Lu Xun Literature Prize) 鲁迅文学奖 is a literary prize awarded by China Writers Association. It is one of China's top four literary prizes and is named after Lu Xun and has been awarded every three years sinc ... in 2000. References Chinese women short story writers 20th-century Chinese short story writers 21st-century Chinese short story writers Writers from Shenyang 1965 births Living people Chinese Academy of Social Sciences alumni Liaoning University alumni 20th-century Chinese women writers 20th-century Chinese novelists 21st-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gu Shi (writer)
Gu Shi (, born 1985) is a Chinese science fiction writer and city planner. Life Gu Shi graduated at Tongji University in Shanghai and obtained a Master at the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design. Since 2012 researches at its department for city planning. Bibliography * ''The Last Save'', first published in 2013, published in the anthology ''Sinopticon'' in November 2021. * ''Reflection'', first published in 2013, published in the anthology '' Broken Stars'' in April 2020. * ''The Death of Nala'', first published in 2014, published in English in 2024. * ''Chimera'', first published in 2015, published in English in the ''Clarkesworld Magazine'' in 2016. * ''Möbius Continuum'', first published in 2016, published in English in 2017, published in German in the anthology ''Quantenträume'' Quantum Dreams"in September 2020, winner of the Galaxy Award in 2017. * ''Introduction to 2181 Overture: Second Edition'', first published in 2020, published in English in the ''Clarkesworld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Hargreaves
John Herbert Hargreaves OBE (31 December 1911 – 15 March 1994) was an English television presenter and writer whose enduring interest was to comment without nostalgia or sentimentality on accelerating distortions in relations between the city and the countryside, seeking – in entertaining ways – to question and rebut metropolitan assumptions about its character and function. Hargreaves is remembered for appearing on ''How (TV series), How'', a children's programme which he also conceived, about how things worked or ought to work. It ran from 1966 on Southern Television (of which Hargreaves was a director) and networked on ITV Network, ITV until the demise of Southern in 1981. Hargreaves was the presenter of the weekly magazine programme ''Out of Town'', first broadcast in 1960 following the success of his series ''Gone Fishing'' the previous year. Broadcast on Friday evenings on Southern Television the programme was also taken up by many of the other ITV regions, usually i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
