Ha Jin

Ha Jin
哈金
Ha Jin; 哈金
Born	February 21, 1956 (age 68); Liaoning, China
Pen name	Ha Jin
Occupation	Poet; novelist; teacher;
Nationality	American
Education	Heilongjiang University (BA); Shandong University (MA); Brandeis University (PhD)
Genre	Poetry, short story, novel, essay
Subjects	China
Notable works	List The Boat Rocker; Waiting; In the Pond; War Trash; Ocean of Words; The Bridegroom;
Notable awards	List Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (1996); Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (1997); Guggenheim Fellowship (1999); National Book Award (1999); PEN/Faulkner Award (2000); Asian Fellowship (2000–2002); Townsend Prize for Fiction (2002); PEN/Faulkner Award (2005); American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006); Dayton Literary Peace Prize, runner-up, Nanjing Requiem (2012);
Spouse	Lisha Bian
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Jin Xuefei (simplified Chinese: 金雪飞; traditional Chinese: 金雪飛; pinyin: Jīn Xuěfēi; born February 21, 1956) is a Chinese-American poet and novelist using the pen name Ha Jin (哈金). The name Ha comes from his favorite city, Harbin. His poetry is associated with the Misty Poetry movement.^[1]

Ha Jin 哈金

Born	(1956-02-21) February 21, 1956 (age 68) Liaoning, China
Pen name	Ha Jin
Occupation	Poet novelist teacher
Nationality	American
Education	Heilongjiang University (BA) Shandong University (MA) Brandeis University (PhD)
Genre	Poetry, short story, novel, essay
Subjects	China
Notable works	List The Boat Rocker Waiting In the Pond War Trash Ocean of Words The Bridegroom
Notable awards	List Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (1996) Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (1997) Guggenheim Fellowship (1999) National Book Award (1999) PEN/Faulkner Award (2000) Asian Fellowship (2000–2002) Townsend Prize for Fiction (2002) PEN/Faulkner Award (2005) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006) Dayton Literary Peace Prize, runner-up, Nanjing Requiem (2012)
Spouse	Lisha Bian
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