Jin Yucheng

Jin Yucheng
Jin Yucheng at 2024 Hong Kong Book Fair
Jin Yucheng at 2024 Hong Kong Book Fair
Native name
金宇澄
Born (1952-12-18) December 18, 1952 (age 71)
Shanghai, China
OccupationNovelist
LanguageChinese (Shanghainese)
Period1985–present
GenreNovel
Notable worksBlossoms
Notable awards9th Mao Dun Literature Prize
2015 Blossoms

Jin Yucheng (Chinese: 金宇澄; pinyin: Jīn Yǔchéng; born 18 December 1952) is a Chinese novelist. He is best known for Blossoms, one of the few novels written in Shanghainese, which won the Mao Dun Literary Prize (2015), one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ ""Blossoms" by Jin Yucheng". CRL. 2014-04-21. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Jin Yucheng: New novel sparks interest in dialect literature". Sino-US. 2013-06-14.
  3. ^ "Jin Yucheng: Blog to novel". Shanghaidaily. 2014-09-28.