Zhang Wei (author)

Zhang Wei (simplified Chinese: 张炜; traditional Chinese: 張煒; pinyin: Zhāng Wěi; born 7 November 1956) is a Chinese author. He was born in Longkou, Yantai, which is located in the north of the Shandong Peninsula. He graduated from the Chinese Department at Yantai Normal College in 1980. Three years later, he became a member of China Writers Association, an organization for which he has served as chairman and deputy chairman of the Shandong branch. He is best known for his novels The Ancient Ship and September's Fable. In 2011 Zhang won the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the highest national literary award, for On the Plateau, a 10-volume work that took a decade to write.[1][2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Wei
Native name
张炜
Born (1956-11-07) November 7, 1956
Longkou, Shandong, China
OccupationNovelist
LanguageChinese
Alma materShandong Normal University
Period1982 - present
GenreNovel
Notable worksThe Ancient Ship
Notable awards8th Mao Dun Literary Prize
2011 The Ancient Ship

Works
  • The Ancient Ship 《古船》(1987)
  • September's Fable 《九月寓言》(2007)
  • Seven Kinds of Mushrooms 《蘑菇七种》 (2009)
  • On the Plateau 《你在高原》(2011)
  • Songs from the Forest《刺猬歌》(2020)[3]

Children's books

(The English titles are approximate)

  • Life on the Peninsula 《半岛哈里哈气》(2012)
  • The Young Boy and the Sea 《少年与海》(2017)
  • Looking for the King of Fish 《寻找鱼王》

References
  1. 2011 Mao Dun Literature Prize: Recognizing Fine Literature or Rewarding Writer-Officials?, Paper Republic
  2. "张炜写就史上最长纯文学小说_手机网易网". 3g.163.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03.
  3. Wei, Zhang (2021). Songs from the Forest. Translated by Yuan, Haiwang. Horsham: Sinoist Books. ISBN 9781910760987.
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