Bi Feiyu

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'''Bi Feiyu''' ({{zh|s=毕飞宇|hp=Bì Fēiyǔ}}, born 1964) is a Chinese writer.<ref name=cd>Chitralekha Basu and Song Wenwei. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-01/12/content_14426116.htm "From absurdity to reality"], ''China Daily'', Jan 12, 2012</ref> His works are known for their complex portrayal of the "female psyche."<ref name=cd/> He has won some of the highest literary awards in China. He also wrote the screenplay for Zhang Yimou's 1996 film ''Shanghai Triad''.<ref name=cd/>

==Biography== Bi was born in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province in 1964. His name Feiyu means "one who flies across the universe". He lives in Nanjing.<ref name=cd/>

==Critical reception== Feiyu's novel ''The Moon Opera'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|青衣}}), translated by Howard Goldblatt, was longlisted for the 2008 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize,<ref>[http://www.writinguniversity.org/index.php/main/entry/bi_feiyus_the_moon_opera_selected_for_independent_foreign_fiction_prize_lon/ Bi Feiyu’s ‘The Moon Opera’ selected for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize long-list] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102213548/http://www.writinguniversity.org/index.php/main/entry/bi_feiyus_the_moon_opera_selected_for_independent_foreign_fiction_prize_lon/ |date=January 2, 2011 }}</ref> while ''Three Sisters'' ({{lang|zh|玉米, 玉秀, 玉秧}}), also translated by Goldblatt, won the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize.<ref name=man>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110301042657/http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/bi-feiyu/ Bi Feiyu. The Man Asian Literary Prize]}}</ref> In China, his awards include twice winning the Lu Xun Literary Prize; and the 2011 Mao Dun Prize, the highest national literary award, for ''Massage''.<ref name=cd/>

==Selected works in translation== * {{cite book|title=Massage|date=February 2015|publisher=Penguin|location=Melbourne|isbn=978-0-67-008097-7|translator= Howard Goldblatt |translator2=Sylvia Li-chun Lin}} * {{cite book|title=Three Sisters|date=June 2010|publisher=Telegram|location=London|isbn=9781846590238|translator= Howard Goldblatt |translator2=Sylvia Li-chun Lin}} * {{Cite book| title=The Moon Opera| publisher=Telegram| location=London| date=November 2007| isbn=978-0-15-101294-7|translator= Howard Goldblatt |translator2=Sylvia Li-chun Lin| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/moonopera00bife}}

==Awards== In 2011, Bi Feiyu won the Mao Dun Literary Prize for his novel ''Massage'', one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China.

On August 21, 2017, the French Ministry of Culture awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres to Bi Feiyu at the General Consulate of France in Shanghai.<ref>{{cite news |title=Writer Bi Feiyu awarded French Order of Arts and Letters |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/interface/zaker/1143605/2017-08-23/cd_31007390.html |accessdate=23 November 2018 |work=China Daily |date=23 August 2017}}</ref>

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