Xue Yiwei (, born in 1964) is a Chinese-born Canadian author. His hometown is

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

, and his birthplace was Chenzhou in the same province. He attended the Beijing University of Aeronautics (now Beihang University) in a computer science program, gaining a BsC. Next he attended the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

, taking a program in English literature, attaining a

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. Finally he attended the

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) is a public university with emphasis in foreign languages and cultures, overseas economy and trade, and international strategies in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university offers 61 bachel ...

in a doctoral program in linguistics and received his degree. In 2002, he relocated to Canada, due to his disenchantment with the materialism-focused direction of literature in his home country. In February, he occupied an apartment in proximity to the St. Joseph Oratory, in Côte-des-Neiges. In 2016,

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presented him as having a high level of popularity in China, known to "millions of people".

Ha Jin Jin Xuefei (; born February 21, 1956) is a Chinese-American poet and novelist using the pen name Ha Jin (). ''Ha'' comes from his favorite city, Harbin. His poetry is associated with the Misty Poetry movement. Early life Ha Jin was born in L ...

stated that Xue is a "maverick". '' Shenzheners'' was his first work translated into English. Previously, he was not known among Anglophone audiences, and he lived in Montreal in relative obscurity.

Works

; Novels - This is the English language publisher of his works. * ''Desertion'' (1989) - A new edition was issued in 2012. * ''Dr. Bethune's Children'' (2011) - English translation 2017 This was not published in China. ** The novel addresses the life of

Norman Bethune Henry Norman Bethune (; March 4, 1890 – November 12, 1939; zh, t=亨利·諾爾曼·白求恩, p=Hēnglì Nuò'ěrmàn Báiqiú'ēn) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party ...

. * ''Farewells from a Shadow'' (2013) * ''Empty Nest'' (2014) * ''King Lear and Nineteen Seventy-Nine'' ** Beginning in March 2020 it was serialized in a magazine in China. Xue had intentions to have an English translation produced. *''Celia, Misoka, I'' (2016) - English translation 2022 ; Short stories * '' Shenzheners'' - English translation 2016 * four other works

References

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