Yu Hua

Yu Hua (余华) is a Chinese author, born in 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He studied dentistry but soon decided to write fiction in 1983 because it allowed him to be more creative and flexible. He grew up during the Cultural Revolution so many of his stories and novels are marked by this experience. His early work can be compared with the experience of a patient at a dentist's: Sadistic and brutal. Yu Hua has so far written three novels, six collections of stories, and three collections of essays. His most important novels are called Chronicle of a Blood Merchant and To Live. The latter novel was adapted for a movie by Zhang Yimou. Because the film was banned in China, it instantly made the novel a bestseller and Yu Hua a worldwide celebrity. His novels have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean.

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Author - 1960 - Hangzhou - Zhejiang - Dentistry - 1983 - Cultural Revolution - To Live - Zhang Yimou

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