Wei Hui | |||||||
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 Wei Hui in 2005 | |||||||
| Native name | 卫慧 | ||||||
| Born | Zhou Weihui January 4, 1973 Yuyao, Zhejiang, China | ||||||
| Occupation | Novelist | ||||||
| Language | Chinese, English | ||||||
| Alma mater | Fudan University (BA) | ||||||
| Period | 1995–present | ||||||
| Notable works | Shanghai Baby | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 周衛慧 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 周卫慧 | ||||||
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Zhou Wei Hui (Chinese: 周卫慧; born 4 January 1973), known simply by her Chinese given name Wei Hui, is a Chinese novelist, living and working in Shanghai and New York City. Her novel Shanghai Baby (上海宝贝) (1999) was banned in the People's Republic of China[1][2] as "decadent". Her latest novel Marrying Buddha (我的禅) (2005) was censored, modified and published in China under a modified title. She is often associated with Mian Mian, another slightly older member of the "New Generation".
- ^ SHUANG SHEN (letter to the editor) (May 18, 2000). "A Fine Line in Shanghai". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
Zhou Weihui's glitzy but in reality rather safe representation of China's underground culture in her novel Shanghai Baby has been made to appear much more prurient and dangerous because of the authorities' decision.
{{cite news}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ CRAIG S. SMITH (May 11, 2000). "Shanghai Journal; Sex, Lust, Drugs: Her Novel's Too Much for China". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
Zhou Weihui ... because she was under too much pressure from China's propaganda machine, which was busy trashing her best-selling novel, Shanghai Baby.