Li Xiao
BornLi Xiaotang
(1950-07-28) July 28, 1950
Shanghai, China
LanguageChinese
Alma materFudan University
Relatives
  • Ba Jin, father
  • Xiao Shan, mother
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Li Xiaotang
Chinese

Li Xiao (born Li Xiaotang on 28 July 1950) is a Chinese writer based in Shanghai. He is the son of writer Ba Jin.

Born in Shanghai, Li worked in the countryside of Anhui during the Cultural Revolution for 8 years as a sent-down youth. After the Cultural Revolution, Li attended Fudan University.

Li Xiao's 1994 novel Rules of a Clan (门规) was adapted into a 1995 film Shanghai Triad directed by Zhang Yimou.

Works translated into English

YearChinese titleTranslated English titleTranslator(s)
1986屋顶上的青草"Grass on the Rooftop"[1]Madeline K. Spring
机关轶事"Anecdotes from the Office"[2]Zhu Hong
1988关于行规的闲话"Rules of the Game"[3]
1992相会在K市"Appointment in K City"[4]
民谣"Folk Song"Wu Xiaozhen, Qiu Maoru[5]
1993一种叫太阳红的瓜"'Sunny Red' Melons"

References

  1. Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today’s China. Grove Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-8021-1573-7.
  2. Renditions, Autumn 2001.
  3. Renditions, Spring 2001.
  4. Words Without Borders, May 2004.
  5. Folk Song. Better Link Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60220-224-5.


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