Han Shaogong

Han Shaogong was born in Changsha on 1 January 1953. Sent in 1968 as an educated youth to Miluo, in Hunan, he then worked at the district cultural centre, then entered the Hunan normal school. In 1985 he published a manifesto that made him the leading figure of the root-seeking movement, and in 1988 he settled in Hainan, where he edited literary magazines. He translated Kundera in 1987, as well as Pessoa according to Chinawriter. He was made a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2002 and received the Newman Prize in 2011.

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• Short stories月蘭Han Shaogong · 1979not translated into EnglishLiterature