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Ge Fei

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Ge Fei

別名: 劉勇 / Liu Yong
ペンネーム: Ge Fei（Pen name used for literary publications; real name is Liu Yong.）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1964-08-22 （Dantu District, Jiangsu, China）
国籍
China
言語
Chinese
居住地歴
Dantu District, Jiangsu (birthplace) → Beijing (Tsinghua University, professional residence)

経歴

職業
Novelist, Professor, Literary scholar
活動期間
1986年〜
所属
Tsinghua University
影響を受けた人物
Jorge Luis Borges, William Faulkner, Alain Robbe-Grillet

学歴

East China Normal University
Chinese Literature / Department of Chinese Literature
学位: 学士
期間: 1981-1985
卒業年: 1985
国: China
Studied Chinese literature; taught at the university after graduation.
Tsinghua University (PhD; awarding institution not specified)
学位: 博士（PhD）
期間: 199x-2000
卒業年: 2000
国: China
Completed a PhD in 2000 and later became a professor at Tsinghua University.

受賞歴

Dream of the Red Chamber Award
2012
対象作品: The Last Spring in Jiangnan
主催: Dream of the Red Chamber Award committee
結果: Winner
Lu Xun Literary Prize
2014
対象作品: The Invisibility Cloak
主催: Lu Xun Literary Prize committee
結果: Winner
Lao She Literary Award
2014
対象作品: The Invisibility Cloak
主催: Lao She Literary Award committee
結果: Winner
Mao Dun Literature Prize
2015
対象作品: Jiangnan Trilogy
主催: Mao Dun Literature Prize committee
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Peach Blossom Paradise

2004年 Novel

A novel set in Jiangnan that explores utopian themes and frequently alludes to Dream of the Red Chamber; examines memory, desire and the illusion of utopia.

utopiamemoryliterary allusion
翻訳
  • English translation by Canaan Morse (2020)

My Dream of the Mountain and River

2007年 Novel

The second book of the Jiangnan Trilogy; portrays the relationship between place and memory through interwoven past and present narratives.

memorysense of placetemporal intersection

The Last Spring in Jiangnan

2011年 Novel

The concluding volume of the Jiangnan Trilogy; depicts personal memory and desire against nostalgia, loss, and social transformation.

nostalgialosssocial change

The Banner of Desire

1995年 Novel

An experimental novel written during a period when the author balanced creative and academic work.

desireself-referentiality

The Invisibility Cloak

2012年 Novella/Long short story

A narrative blending the quotidian and the strange; examines interpersonal relations and misrecognition. Won several literary prizes in 2014.

reality vs. fantasyidentity
翻訳
  • English translation by Canaan Morse (2016)

Flock of Brown Birds

1988年 Novella/Short story

One of his early avant-garde short pieces, employing structural experimentation and symbolic imagery.

experimental fictionsymbolism
翻訳
  • English translation by Poppy Toland (2016)

全著作

  • The Enemy (1990)
  • The Banner of Desire (1995)
  • Peach Blossom Paradise (2004)
  • My Dream of the Mountain and River (2007)
  • The Last Spring in Jiangnan (2011)
  • Moonfall on the Deserted Temple (2019)
  • Flock of Brown Birds (1988)
  • Remembering Mr. Wu You (1986)
  • The Invisibility Cloak (2012)
  • Waiting for the Spring Breeze (2016)

作品の翻訳

  • Peach Blossom Paradise — translated by Canaan Morse (English, 2020)
  • The Invisibility Cloak — translated by Canaan Morse (English, 2016)
  • Flock of Brown Birds — translated by Poppy Toland (English, 2016)

作風・主題

文体
Avant-garde, experimental proseMetafictional techniquesUse of symbolic imagery
頻出モチーフ
memoryutopia and its dissolutionlabyrinthine structures

評価・遺産

Ge Fei is regarded as one of the leading figures of Chinese avant-garde literature emerging in the 1980s and 1990s. Known for the Jiangnan Trilogy and his finely crafted short fiction, he has received scholarly attention and international recognition through translations.

引用

  • The novel is an outlet for past memories.
    出典: Interview / Sina (quoted article, 2004) (2004年)

豆知識

  • Real name is Liu Yong (刘勇).
  • Peach Blossom Paradise was translated into English (2020) and the translation was a finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2021.
  • He has published scholarly works on narratology and literature in addition to fiction.