Mai Jia

{{Short description|Chinese novelist}} {{Family name hatnote|Jiang|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox writer | image = Mai Jia 2023.jpg | caption = | name = Mai Jia | native_name = 麦家 | native_name_lang = zh | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}} | birth_place = Fuyang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Novelist | language = Chinese | alma_mater = People's Liberation Army Foreign Language College<br>People's Liberation Army Arts College | period = 1986–present | genre = Novel | subject = | movement = | notable_works = ''In the Dark'' | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = {{Awards|award=6th National Book Award |year=2002 |title=Decoded}} {{Awards|award=7th Mao Dun Literature Prize |year= 2008|title=In the Dark}} | signature = | signature_alt = | website =  }} '''Jiang Benhu''' ({{zh|s=蒋本浒|t=蔣本滸|p=Jiǎng Běnhǔ}}; born 1964), better known by his pen name '''Mai Jia''' (麦家), is a Chinese novelist. He also served as the president of Zhejiang Writers Association and vice president of the Zhejiang Literature and Art Association.<ref name="fish" >{{cite web |url= http://paper-republic.org/authors/mai-jia/|title=Mai Jia |accessdate= |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinawriter.com.cn/fwzj/writer/37.shtml |title=Mai Jia |date=2013|publisher= |work=China Writers Association |language=zh}}</ref>

==Biography== Jiang was born in Fuyang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1964.<ref name="fish" /> He was drafted into the People's Liberation Army and served for 17 years.

Jiang graduated from People's Liberation Army Foreign Language College in 1983, where he majored in wireless radio. He started to publish works in 1986. Jiang was accepted to People's Liberation Army Arts College in 1987 and graduated in 1991, majoring in literature.

In 1997, Jiang worked in Chengdu Satellite TV as an editor. In 2008, Jiang was transferred from Chengdu to Hangzhou.

In December 2010, Jiang was elected the vice president of the Zhejiang Literature and Art Association. On July 1, 2013, Jiang was elected the president of Zhejiang Writers Association.

==Works==

===Novellas=== * ''Letting the Masked Man Speak'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|让蒙面人说话}})

===Novels=== * ''Decoded'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|解密}}) (2002) * ''In the Dark'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|暗算}}) (2003) * ''The Message'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|风声}}) (2007) * ''The Colonel and the Eunuch'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|人生海海}}) (2019)

===Translated works=== * ''Decoded'', trans. Olivia Milburn and Christopher Payne (London: Allen Lane, 2014) * ''In the Dark'', trans. Olivia Milburn and Christopher Payne (London: Penguin, 2015) * ''The Message'', trans. Olivia Milburn (London: Head of Zeus, 2020) * ''The Colonel and the Eunuch'', trans. Dylan Levi King (London: Apollo, 2023)

==Awards== * ''Decoded'' - 6th National Book Award * ''In the Dark'' - 7th Mao Dun Literature Prize

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{{s-start}} {{s-culture}} {{s-bef|before=Cheng Weidong}} {{s-ttl|title=President of Zhejiang Writers Association|years=2013–2018}} {{s-aft|after=Zhu Xiongwei}} {{s-end}} {{Mao Dun Literature Prize}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jia, Mai}} Category:1964 births Category:Writers from Hangzhou Category:People's Liberation Army Arts College alumni Category:Living people Category:Mao Dun Literature Prize laureates Category:Chinese male novelists Category:21st-century Chinese novelists