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For Xinran, generations of single children are not an asset for China.
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Murong Xuecun, an award-winning Chinese Writer…censored.

Originally published on Rue89 -12/23/2010 – Murong Xuecun is a young Chinese writer, one of the best known and most promising; he has received the 2010  People Literature award, but was not allowed to deliver the speech he had prepared for the handing over ceremony of the prize! An urban generation which turns away from…

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January 2, 2011Leave a commentFeaturedRue89, NovelsBy Bertrand Mialaret

Le Clezio and China, about Lao She and perhaps Gao Xingjian.

Le Clezio, Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the few writers who has never disappointed me: by his work, his likings, his positions, his personality and his distrust of the small Parisian literary world ! Le Clezio has always been interested in China (and Korea, where he teaches regularly). In 1967, at the opening…

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December 25, 2010Leave a commentNovelsBy Bertrand Mialaret

“From a book to a screen”, Chinese films and literature in Paris.

Originally published on Rue89.com -12/16/2010 – Thirteen films adapted from literary works will be shown during the next seven months at the Confucius Institute at the University of Paris Diderot, in the “Flour Hall” on the campus of Paris Rive Gauche.This Friday, “My Life” by Shi Hui, inspired by a story by Lao She .…

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December 20, 2010Leave a commentNon classifié(e), Rue89By Bertrand Mialaret

News from the Man-Asia prize: a writer Hsu-Ming Teo, a translator H. Goldblatt.

The list of writers selected for the Man-Asia prize has just been published. Ten writers for a prize that will be awarded in March 2011.The rules have changed: the authors must be Asian and the books published or translated into English, whereas in the past, the long list was much larger (twenty five books) and…

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December 14, 2010Leave a commentNovelsBy Bertrand Mialaret

Chinese cinema and literature: sixteen films shown in Paris.

Sixteen films adapted from literary works will be shown during the next eight months at the Confucius Institute at the University of Paris-Diderot in the “Flour Hall” on the campus of Paris Rive Gauche. Free sessions on Fridays at 5:30 p.m. and films presented by Luisa Prudentino, China expert, Professor at the INALCO, author of…

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December 1, 2010Leave a commentNon classifié(e)By Bertrand Mialaret

Feng Zikai: can one be both a painter and a writer?

Feng Zikai (1898-1975) played an important role in the modern Chinese art scene. This is brought to our attention by “Color of Clouds” (1), a book that includes drawings and many of his essays and comments, translated for the first time and presented by Marie Laureillard-Wendland. A very personal style, the “manhua”: Born in Shimenwan…

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November 25, 20101 CommentNon classifié(e)By Bertrand Mialaret

The art of literary translation: a tribute to Liliane Dutrait.

Originally published on Rue89 – 11/13/2010 – If there is one area where France is not declining and is well positioned, it is that of the number of books translated from foreign languages, and the quality of translations. This is particularly true for Chinese literature, who has just lost one of its major translators, Liliane…

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November 16, 2010Leave a commentNon classifié(e), Rue89By Bertrand Mialaret

Are children a handicap for literature?

As Lu Xun said: “Marx was still able to write” The Capital “in the middle of crying children, so he was a great man …” (1). This sentence came to my mind while reading Feng Zikai’s essays (2) on which I will come back soon and reminded me that this group of friends in the…

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November 10, 2010Leave a commentShort StoriesBy Bertrand Mialaret

A prize for the Chinese writer Han Shaogong.

Originally published on Rue89 – 11/01/2010 After Mo Yan two years ago, the Chinese writer Han Shaogong was awarded the  Newman prize for Chinese literature from the University of Oklahoma. The  selected writers: Yu Hua, Su Tong, Ge Fei and Li Ang were strong competition. His translator, Julia Lovell, a member of the jury, convinced…

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November 3, 2010Leave a commentNovels, Rue89By Bertrand Mialaret

“A dictionary of Maqiao” by Han Shaogong, wins a prize in the United States.

As mentioned in an article for Rue89, “A Dictionary of Maqiao” just won the Newman prize in the United States. This surprising book led to some turmoil when it was published in China in 1996 (1). Two Chinese critics explained that this dictionary is a plagiarism of “The Khazar Dictionary” by the Serbo-Croatian writer Milorad…

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November 1, 2010Leave a commentNovelsBy Bertrand Mialaret
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