When We Were Happy We Had Other Names Review
| Yiyun Li | |
|---|---|
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| Native proper name | 李翊雲 |
| Born | (1972-xi-04) November 4, 1972 Beijing, Communist china |
| Occupation | Author, professor |
| Language | English language |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Peking Academy University of Iowa |
| Notable awards | MacArthur Swain Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| yiyunli | |
Yiyun Li (born November 4, 1972) is a Chinese-born author and professor in the United States. Her short stories and novels have won several awards, including the PEN/Hemingway Laurels and Guardian Starting time Book Award for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,[1] [2] and the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Where Reasons Terminate.[three] She is an editor of the Brooklyn-based literary magazine A Public Space.[iv]
Biography [edit]
Yiyun was built-in and raised in Beijing, People's republic of china.[5] [vi] Her mother was a teacher and her father worked as a nuclear physicist.[7] Post-obit a compulsory yr of service in the People's Liberation Army,[5] she went on to earn a B.Due south. at Peking University in 1996. In the same year she moved to the United states of america and in 2000 earned an MS in immunology at The University of Iowa. In 2005 she earned an MFA degree in creative nonfiction and fiction from The Nonfiction Writing Program and the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Her stories and essays have been published in The New Yorker,[8] The Paris Review, and Zoetrope: All-Story. Two of the stories from A One thousand Years of Good Prayers were adapted into 2007 films directed past Wayne Wang: The Princess of Nebraska and the title story, which Yiyun adapted herself.
Li had a breakup in 2012 and attempted suicide twice.[ix] Later recuperating and leaving the hospital, she lost interest in writing fiction and for a whole yr she focused on reading several biographies, memoirs, diaries and journals. Co-ordinate to her, reading about other people's lives "was a comfort".[9] She has taught fiction at the University of California, Davis, and is a professor of creative writing at the Lewis Heart for the Arts at Princeton University.[10]
Award and honours [edit]
- Lannan Foundation residency in Marfa, Texas
- 2005 – Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award for A Thousand Years of Practiced Prayers
- 2006 – PEN/Hemingway Award for A M Years of Skillful Prayers
- 2006 – Guardian Starting time Volume Accolade for A Thousand Years of Skilful Prayers
- 2006 –Whiting Laurels
- California Volume Award first fiction award for A One thousand Years of Good Prayers
- 2007 – Granta's 21 Best of Young American Novelists
- California Volume Award for The Vagrants [xi]
- 2010 – The New Yorker 'south xx under 40
- 2010 – MacArthur Foundation fellow[12]
- 2010 – Story Prize finalist for Gilded Male child, Emerald Girl
- 2011 – International Dublin Literary Award shortlist for The Vagrants [11]
- 2011 – Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist for Gold Boy, Emerald Daughter.[13] [xiv]
- 2014 – The American Academy of Arts and Letters'southward Benjamin H. Danks Award
- 2015 – Sunday Times EFG Private Banking concern Curt Story Award winner for "A Sheltered Woman".[fifteen]
- 2020 – PEN/Jean Stein Book Laurels for Where Reasons Cease [3]
- 2020 – Windham-Campbell Literature Prize[xvi]
- 2020 – Guggenheim Fellowship[17]
Bibliography [edit]
Memoir [edit]
- Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to Yous in Your Life (Random House, 2017)
Novels [edit]
- The Vagrants (Random House, 2009)
- Kinder than Solitude (Random House, 2014)
- Where Reasons Cease (Random House, 2019)
- Must I Go (Random House, 2020)[18]
Brusk fiction [edit]
Collections [edit]
- A Thousand Years of Practiced Prayers (Random Business firm, 2005)
- Gold Boy, Emerald Girl (Random House, 2010)
Short stories [edit]
| Championship | Twelvemonth | Showtime published |
|---|---|---|
| Extra | 2003 | "Actress". New Yorker. December 14, 2003. |
| The Proprietress | 2005 | "The Proprietress". Zoetrope: All-Story. nine (4). Fall 2005. |
| Alone | 2009 | "Alone". New Yorker. November 16, 2009. |
| The Science Of Flight | 2010 | "The Scientific discipline of Flight". New Yorker. August 30, 2010. |
| A Small Sacrifice | 2010 | "A Pocket-size Sacrifice". The Threepenny Review. 123. Autumn 2010. |
| A Sheltered Adult female | 2014 | "A Sheltered Adult female". New Yorker. March x, 2014. |
| On The Street Where You Live | 2017 | "On The Street Where You Alive". New Yorker. January 9, 2017. |
| A Small Flame | 2017 | "A Small Flame". New Yorker. May eight, 2017. |
| A Flawless Silence | 2018 | A Flawless Silence. New Yorker. April 23, 2018 |
| When We Were Happy We Had Other Names | 2018 | When Nosotros Were Happy Nosotros Had Other Names. New Yorker. September 24, 2019 |
| All Volition Be Well | 2019 | All Will Be Well. New Yorker. March eleven, 2019 |
| The Ability to Weep | 2020 | The Power to Weep. New Yorker. November 16, 2020 |
| Hello, Good day | 2021 | Hello, Goodbye. New Yorker. November 8, 2021 |
Essays and reporting [edit]
- December 22–29, 2014: "Listening Is Believing," The New Yorker, Vol. xc, No. 41, p. 88
- January ii, 2017: "To Speak Is to Blunder: Choosing to renounce a mother tongue," The New Yorker, Vol. 92, No. 43, pp. 30–33
References [edit]
- ^ "Interview with Yiyun Li, 2006 PEN/Hemingway Accolade Winner | The Hemingway Society". www.hemingwaysociety.org . Retrieved 2019-05-05 .
- ^ Guardian Staff (2006-12-06). "Interview with Guardian First Volume Award winner Yiyun Li". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-05 .
- ^ a b "Yiyun Li receives PEN/Jean Stein Volume Honor for originality, merit and impact". Princeton Academy. March 3, 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ A Public Space.
- ^ a b Altmann, Jennifer. "Creative Writing: Life, By the Book". Princeton Alumni Weekly (June half dozen, 2018 ed.). Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ Thompson, Bob (28 Dec 2005). "Proving the boggling". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ Laity, Paul (24 February 2017). "Yiyun Li: 'I used to say that I was not an autobiographical writer – that was a lie'". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 Feb 2017.
- ^ "Yiyun Li". The New Yorker . Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ a b Laity, Paul (2017-02-24). "Yiyun Li: 'I used to say that I was not an autobiographical writer – that was a lie'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-07-12 .
- ^ "Yiyun Li". Lewis Center for the Arts . Retrieved 2018-05-12 .
- ^ a b Taylor, Charlie (15 June 2011). "Colum McCann wins Impac honor". The Irish gaelic Times . Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Yiyun Li - Professor of English". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ Walsh, Caroline. "Ii Irish gaelic authors make awards shortlist". The Irish Times. 9 July 2011.
- ^ Flood, Alison. "Strong showing for Irish writers on Frank O'Connor shortlist". The Guardian. ix July 2011.
- ^ "The Lord's day Times EFG Brusque Story Honor 2015 - Winner". Booktrust. Retrieved 24 Feb 2017.
- ^ Inundation, Alison (2020-03-nineteen). "Eight authors share $1m prize as writers face up coronavirus doubt". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-xx .
- ^ "Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020".
- ^ "Must I Get past Yiyun Li". Penguin Random House . Retrieved July 31, 2020.
External links [edit]
 | Wikiquote has quotations related to: Yiyun Li |
- Profile at The Whiting Foundation
- "The Rumpus Interview with Yiyun Li", January 14th, 2009
- January 2009 interview with Yiyun Li
- "Executioner Songs", The Wall Street Journal, JANUARY xxx, 2009
- "Interviews: Yiyun Li", Identity Theory
- Articles by Yuyun Li on her Uk publisher'due south blog, 5th Manor
- Yiyun Li speaks about Gilt Boy, Emerald Girl on KRUI's The Lit Show
- Video: The Story Prize reading with Anthony Doerr and Suzanne Rivecca. March 2, 2011.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiyun_Li
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