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Xu Zechen
徐则臣
Xu Zechen; 徐则臣
Born	1978; Donghai County, Jiangsu, China
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Chinese
Citizenship	China
Education	Peking University

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Xu Zechen (Chinese: 徐则臣; pinyin: Xú Zéchén; born in 1978 in Donghai County, Jiangsu) is a Chinese author of literary fiction. He currently works as an editor at People's Literature Magazine. In 2009 he was a writer in residence at Creighton University and in 2010 he attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.^[1]

Awards^[2]

2019 - Awarded the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Northward"
2016 - Awarded the 1st Cross-Strait Young Writers Prize for "Jerusalem"
2015 - Nominated for the 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Jerusalem"
2014 - Awarded the Lao She Literary Award for "Jerusalem"
2014 - Awarded the Short Story Award of the 7th Lu Xun Literary Prize for If A Snowstorm Seals the Door

Works

Representative works include the following (translated titles are approximate):^{[citation needed]}

Novels and Novellas

《耶路撒冷》 (Jerusalem)
《跑步穿过中关村》 Running Through Beijing (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen)^[3]^[4]
《午夜之门》 (Midnight's Door)
《夜火车》(Night Train)
《天上人间》(Heaven on Earth)
《北上》(Northward)
《苍声》Voice Change (tr. by Charles Laughlin)^[5]
《啊，北京》
《西夏》(Western Xia/Tangut)
《人间烟火》
《逆时针》
《居延》(Juyan)
《小城市》(Small Town)

Short stories

《花街》(Flower street)
《最后一个猎人》(The last hunter)
《伞兵与卖油郎》(The parachuter and the oil seller)
《纸马》(Paper horses)
《我们的老海》(Our old sea)
《这些年我一直在路上》(I've been on the road a few years)
《如果大雪封门》 If a Snowstorm Seals the Door (tr. by Jeremy Tiang)
《时间简史》 A Brief History of Time (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
《露天电影》 Outdoor Film (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
《轮子是圆的》 Wheels are round (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
《雪夜访戴》 Visiting Dai on a Snowy Evening (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
《狗叫了一天》 The Dog's Been Barking All Day, July 2017 (tr. by Eric Abrahamsen]
《奔马》 Galloping Horses (tr. by Helen Wang)
《弃婴》 Throwing Out the Baby (tr. by Nicky Harman)
《镜与刀》 (Mirror and Knife)
《九年》 (Nine Years)
《忆秦娥》 Remembering Qin E (tr. by Jeremy Tiang)

External links

References

^ "Xu Zechen 徐则臣". Paper Republic. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
^ "NNU's alumnus Xu Zechen won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize | Nanjing Normal University".
^ "A Review of Running Through Beijing by Xu Zechen | The Literary Review". www.theliteraryreview.org. May 29, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
^ Review: http://www.avclub.com/review/running-through-beijing-runs-dry-204519
^ "Cang Sheng".

[1] "Xu Zechen 徐则臣". Paper Republic. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

[2] "NNU's alumnus Xu Zechen won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize | Nanjing Normal University".

[3] "A Review of Running Through Beijing by Xu Zechen | The Literary Review". www.theliteraryreview.org. May 29, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

[4] Review: http://www.avclub.com/review/running-through-beijing-runs-dry-204519

[5] "Cang Sheng".

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-'''Xu Zechen''' ({{zh|s=徐则臣|p= Xú Zéchén}}; born in 1978 in [[Donghai County]], Jiangsu) is a Chinese author of literary fiction. He currently works as an editor at ''[[People’s Literature Magazine]]''.  In 2009 he was a writer in residence at [[Creighton University]] and in 2010 he attended the [[International Writing Program]] at the [[University of Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://paper-republic.org/authors/xu-zechen/ |title= Xu Zechen 徐则臣 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= Paper Republic |publisher= |access-date= 5 June 2016 |quote=}}</ref>
+'''Xu Zechen''' ({{zh|s=徐则臣|p= Xú Zéchén}}; born in 1978 in [[Donghai County]], Jiangsu) is a Chinese author of literary fiction. He currently works as an editor at ''[[People's Literature Magazine]]''.  In 2009 he was a writer in residence at [[Creighton University]] and in 2010 he attended the [[International Writing Program]] at the [[University of Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://paper-republic.org/authors/xu-zechen/ |title= Xu Zechen 徐则臣 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= Paper Republic |publisher= |access-date= 5 June 2016 |quote=}}</ref>
-== Awards<ref>http://en.njnu.edu.cn/news/nnus-alumnus-xu-zechen-won-the-10th-mao-dun-literature-prize</ref> ==
+== Awards<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.njnu.edu.cn/news/nnus-alumnus-xu-zechen-won-the-10th-mao-dun-literature-prize|title=NNU's alumnus Xu Zechen won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize &#124; Nanjing Normal University}}</ref> ==
-* 2019 - Awarded the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Northward"
+* 2019 - Awarded the 10th [[Mao Dun Literature Prize]] for "Northward"
 * 2016 - Awarded the 1st Cross-Strait Young Writers Prize for "Jerusalem"
-* 2015 - Nominated for the 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Jerusalem"
+* 2015 - Nominated for the 9th [[Mao Dun Literature Prize]] for "Jerusalem"
-* 2014 - Awarded the Lao She Literature Prize for "Jerusalem"
+* 2014 - Awarded the [[Lao She Literary Award]] for "Jerusalem"
-* 2014 - Awarded the Short Story Award of the 7th Lu Xun Literature Prize for ''If A Snowstorm Seals the Door''
+* 2014 - Awarded the Short Story Award of the 7th [[Lu Xun Literary Prize]] for ''If A Snowstorm Seals the Door''
 ==Works==
-Representative works include the following (translated titles are approximate):<ref>Xu Zechen on Baidu https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%BE%90%E5%88%99%E8%87%A3#3</ref>
+Representative works include the following (translated titles are approximate):{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
 === Novels and Novellas ===
 *《耶路撒冷》 (Jerusalem)
-*《跑步穿过中关村》 ''Running Through Beijng'' (tr. by [[Eric Abrahamsen]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theliteraryreview.org/book-review/running-through-beijing-by-xu-zechen/|title=A Review of Running Through Beijing by Xu Zechen {{!}} The Literary Review|website=www.theliteraryreview.org|access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref><ref>Review: http://www.avclub.com/review/running-through-beijing-runs-dry-204519</ref>
+*《跑步穿过中关村》 ''Running Through Beijing'' (tr. by [[Eric Abrahamsen]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theliteraryreview.org/book-review/running-through-beijing-by-xu-zechen/|title=A Review of Running Through Beijing by Xu Zechen {{!}} The Literary Review|website=www.theliteraryreview.org|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref><ref>Review: http://www.avclub.com/review/running-through-beijing-runs-dry-204519</ref>
 *《午夜之门》 (Midnight's Door)
 *《夜火车》(Night Train)
 *《天上人间》(Heaven on Earth)
 *《北上》(Northward)
-*《苍声》''Voice Change'' (tr. by [[Charles Laughlin]])<ref>https://paper-republic.org/works/cang-sheng/</ref>
+*《苍声》''Voice Change'' (tr. by [[Charles Laughlin]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paper-republic.org/works/cang-sheng/|title = Cang Sheng}}</ref>
 *《啊，北京》
 *《西夏》(Western Xia/Tangut)
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 *《居延》(Juyan)
 *《小城市》(Small Town)
-=== Short Stories ===
+=== Short stories ===
 *《花街》(Flower street)
 *《最后一个猎人》(The last hunter)
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 == External links ==
 * Xu [https://paper-republic.org/authors/xu-zechen/Xu Zechen profile on Paper Republic]
-* [https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%BE%90%E5%88%99%E8%87%A3 Xu Zechen profile on Baidu (in Chinese)]
 * [https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/xu-zechen Xu Zechen profile on Words Without Borders]
+* [http://u.osu.edu/mclc/bibliographies/lit/translations-aut/u-x/#X Xu Zechen profile on MCLC]
+* [http://mychinesebooks.com/tag/xu-zechen/ Xu Zechen profile on mychinesebooks]
+* [http://www.chinese-shortstories.com/Auteurs_de_a_z_Xu_Zechen.htm Xu Zechen on chinese-shortstories (in French)]
 == References ==
 {{reflist}}
+{{Mao Dun Literature Prize}}
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-{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu Zechen}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Zechen}}
 [[Category:1978 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Writers from Lianyungang]]
 [[Category:Chinese male novelists]]
-[[Category:People's Republic of China novelists]]
+[[Category:21st-century Chinese novelists]]
+[[Category:Mao Dun Literature Prize laureates]]

v t e Mao Dun Literature Prize
1st (1982)	Zhou Keqin – Xu Mao and His Daughters Wei Wei – Orient Mo Yingfeng – General's Chant Yao Xueyin – Li Zicheng Gu Hua – A Small Town Called Hibiscus Li Guowen – Spring in Winter
2nd (1985)	Li Zhun – The Yellow River Flows to the East Zhang Jie – Leaden Wings Liu Xinwu – The Wedding Party
3rd (1991)	Lu Yao – Ordinary World Ling Li – Young Emperor Sun Li and Yu Xiaohui – Metropolis Liu Baiyu – The Second Sun Huo Da – The Jade King Xiao Ke – Bloody Heaven (Honorary award) Xu Xingye – Broken Golden Bowl (Honorary award)
4th (1997)	Wang Huo – War and People Chen Zhongshi – White Deer Field Liu Sifen – White Gate Willow Liu Yumin – Unsettled Autumn
5th (2000)	Zhang Ping – The Choice Alai – Red Poppies Wang Anyi – The Song of Everlasting Sorrow Wang Xufeng – Trilogy of the Tea Masters
6th (2005)	Xiong Zhaozheng – Zhang Juzheng Zhang Jie – Wordless Chu Chunqiu – Sky of History Liu Jianwei – Heroic Time Zong Pu – Eastern Concealment
7th (2008)	Jia Pingwa – The Shaanxi Opera Chi Zijian – The Last Quarter of the Moon Mai Jia – In the Dark Zhou Daxin – The Sons of Red Lake
8th (2011)	Zhang Wei – On the Plateau Liu Xinglong – The Sky Dwellers Mo Yan – Frog Bi Feiyu – Massage Liu Zhenyun – Someone to Talk To
9th (2015)	Ge Fei – Jiangnan Trilogy Wang Meng – The Scenery Around Here Li Peifu – Book of Life Jin Yucheng – Blossoms Su Tong – Shadow of the Hunter
10th (2019)	Liang Xiaosheng - The Human World Xu Huaizhong - That Which Can't Be Washed Away Xu Zechen - Northward Chen Yan - The Protagonist Li Er - Brother Ying Wu
11th (2023)	Yang Zhijun [zh] - The Snow Mountain and the Homeland Qiao Ye [zh] - Baoshui Village Liu Liangcheng [zh] - Bomba Sun Ganlu [zh] - A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains Dong Xi - Resonance

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