Chi Li (born 30 May 1957) is a contemporary female Chinese writer based in Wuhan. She graduated from department of Chinese literature at Wuhan University in 1986.[2][3] The setting for some of her stories is Changtangkou (长埫口镇) in Xiantao, Hubei.
Chi Li | |||||||
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| Native name | 池莉 | ||||||
| Born | May 30, 1957 Xiantao, Hubei, China[1] | ||||||
| Occupation | Novelist | ||||||
| Language | Chinese | ||||||
| Alma mater | Wuhan University | ||||||
| Period | 1986 - present | ||||||
| Genre | Novel | ||||||
| Notable works | Life Show Comes and Goes Don't Talk about Love | ||||||
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| Chinese | 池莉 | ||||||
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In 2014, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.[4]
Works
editChi Li has written a number of novels, including the following:
- Life Show, a story about the owner of a small restaurant on Jiqing Street in Wuhan. The book was later made into a movie, also titled Life Show, starring Tao Hong and Tao Zeru.
- Comes and Goes, a story of extramarital affairs occurring in Wuhan. TV series of same name starring Pu Cunxin, Lü Liping, Xu Qing, Li Xiaoran.
- Don't Talk about Love and The Sun was Born, adapted into TV series Don't Talk about Love. Two antithetical families took totally different attitudes to their children's love.
- Good Morning, Lady, adapted to a 20-episode TV series of same name.
- Willow Waist
- Cold or Hot, It's Good to Live (冷也好熱也好活著就好), 1990
References
edit- ^ Leung, Laifong (2017). "Chi Li". Contemporary Chinese Fiction Writers: Biography, Bibliography, and Critical Assessment. Routledge. pp. 51–55. ISBN 978-0-7656-1760-6.
- ^ Hongwei Lu (2006). "TV Romance and Popular Cultural Mood: The Chi Li Phenomenon". The China Review. 6 (1). Chinese University Press: 125 ff. ISSN 1680-2012.
- ^ "Chi Li, a Special Figure among Chinese Writers". Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "2014 Resident Participants | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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