Yu Hua

Yu Hua (April 3, 1960 -), a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and his ancestral home is Gaotang, Shandong. He is a writer and doctor in the People's Republic of China and a representative of avant-garde novels. Yu Hua began publishing novels in 1983, and "Going Away at the Age of Eighteen" is his famous work. Representative works include "Brothers", "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood", "Alive", "Shouting in the Drizzle", etc. Among them, "Alive" and "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" were both selected as the "Ten Most Influential Works of the 1990s" selected by hundreds of critics and literary editors. "Brothers" was selected by the Swiss "Times" as one of the 15 most important novels in the world from 2000 to 2010. His works have been translated into more than 20 languages ​​including English and published abroad. Other works include "Blood Plum Blossoms", "1986", "I'm as Cowardly as a Mouse", "April 3rd Incident", "The World Is Like Smoke", "Doom", "Mistake by the River", "Classical Love", "Tremble", etc. He has also written many essays, literary reviews and music reviews. Now he lives in Beijing and engages in professional writing.