Lao She Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2014) Winner
Lin Bai
リン・バイ
Lin Bai
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1958-01-01 （Beiliu, Guangxi Province, China）
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Languages
- Chinese
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Poet
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- Guangxi Provincial Library, Guangxi Film Studio, Chinese Cultural Forum (newspaper)
- Influenced By
- Contemporary women writers such as Chen Ran
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wuhan University | Library Science (faculty) | Library Science | — | 1978-1982 | China |
Wuhan University
Library Science (faculty)
/ Library Science
Period:
1978-1982
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
China
Studied library science
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Chinese Literature Media Award | Records of Women's Gossip | — | Chinese Literature Media (organization) | 受賞 |
Chinese Literature Media Award
2006
Work:
Records of Women's Gossip
Organization:
Chinese Literature Media (organization)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A War of One's Own
1994 Autobiographical novel / FictionAn autobiographical novel following Lin Duomi from childhood to adulthood in first person. It explores female sexuality, loneliness, and rejection and became a controversial and influential work in 1990s China.
female sexualitylonelinessself and autobiographical experiencehomoerotic desire
The Seat on the Verandah
1995 Fiction / Short storiesA collection of short fiction published in the 1990s, containing pieces that portray women's psychology and everyday fragments.
women's experiencesmemoryregionalism
Records of Women's Gossip
2006 FictionThrough the ramblings of an elderly rural woman, the work depicts economic and moral crises in rural China in a fragmented narrative; it contains autobiographical elements with the author as narrator.
rural societywomen's conversationssocial change
The Lockdown Poems: The Road to the Crematorium
2020 PoetryA recent collection reflecting on lockdown experiences, death, and loss in poetic form.
lossdeathisolation
Bibliography
- From the River to the Bank
- Entering the River
- The Roses' Passageway
- Water in a Bottle
- A War of One's Own
- Watching the Empty Years Pass By
- Fatal Flight
- The Seat on The Verandah
- Musk
- The Bullet across the Apple
- A Known Love
- Zero Degrees' Freedom
- Silk and Years
- Memory and Individualized Writing
- The Gallery Seat / A Chair in the Encircling Corridor
- Speaking, My Room
- Enchanting like a Ghost
- The Rice Jar
- The Records of Women's Gossip
- The Chronicle of My Life in the North
- The Lockdown Poems: The Road to the Crematorium
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- autobiographical and personal narrationavant-gardeintrospective and fragmentary descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- lonelinessfemale sexual experiencebody and memoryregionalism (rural vs urban)
Legacy
One of the important women writers in China since the 1990s. Known for personal and provocative themes (female sexuality and private experience), she has attracted both controversy and critical attention and is studied for feminist perspectives and avant-garde experimentation.
Trivia
- Her father died when she was three.
- At 17 she was sent to the countryside (sent-down youth) and began writing poetry.
- After passing the college entrance exam in 1977 she studied library science at Wuhan University.
- A War of One's Own (1994) attracted controversy in the 1990s for its provocative cover and sexual content.