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's 1996 film ''

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''.

Biography

Bi was born in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province in 1964. His name Feiyu means "one who flies across the universe". He lives in

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Critical reception

Feiyu's novel ''The Moon Opera'' (), translated by Howard Goldblatt, was longlisted for the 2008 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, while ''Three Sisters'' (), also translated by Goldblatt, won the 2010

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. In China, his awards include twice winning the Lu Xun Literary Prize; and the 2011 Mao Dun Prize, the highest national literary award, for ''Massage''.

Selected works in translation

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Awards

In 2011, Bi Feiyu won the Mao Dun Literary Prize for his novel ''

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'', one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China. On August 21, 2017, the

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awarded the

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to Bi Feiyu at the General Consulate of France in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bi, Feiyu 1964 births Living people Writers from Taizhou, Jiangsu International Writing Program alumni Mao Dun Literature Prize laureates Chinese male novelists 20th-century Chinese novelists 21st-century Chinese novelists 20th-century Chinese male writers 21st-century male writers People from Xinghua, Jiangsu