Ya Ding (; born 1959) is a Chinese writer and translator. He comes from a little village in North China and after his secondary studies he worked as a farmer thanks to

Down to the Countryside Movement The Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement, often known simply as the Down to the Countryside Movement, was a policy instituted in the People's Republic of China between mid 1950s and 1978. As a result of what he perceived to ...

. After the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

, he created the first

University of Beijing Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

student revue and started to translate French authors.

Awards

*1988:

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for ''Le Sorgho rouge''. *1988: Prix de l'Asie for ''Le Sorgho rouge'' *1988: Prix de la Découverte du Pen Club français *1989: Prix de l'Été for ''Les Héritiers des sept royaumes''. *1991:

Prix Contrepoint The prix Contrepoint is a French literary award established in 1971 by a group of young French novelists and journalists. Each year a French-speaking novelist is selected. According to Bertrand Labes,. this prize was characterized at its creation ...

for ''Le Jeu de l'eau et du feu''

Publications

* 1987 ''Le Sorgho rouge'', novel * 1988 ''Les Héritiers des sept royaumes'', novel * 1990 ''Le Jeu de l'eau et de feu'', novel * 1992 ''Le Cercle de petit ciel'', novel * 1994 ''La Jeune Fille Tong'', novel

References

1957 births Living people French–Chinese translators 20th-century Chinese translators 21st-century Chinese translators French-language writers from China {{China-translator-stub