Yiyun Li

Yiyun Li
Native name
李翊雲
Born (1972-11-04) November 4, 1972 (age 52)
Beijing, China
OccupationAuthor, professor
LanguageEnglish
EducationPeking University (BS)
University of Iowa (MS, MFA)
Notable works
Notable awardsMacArthur Fellow
Guggenheim Fellowship
Children2
Website
yiyunli.com

Yiyun Li (born November 4, 1972) is a Chinese-born writer and professor in the United States. Her short stories and novels have won several awards, including the PEN/Hemingway Award and Guardian First Book Award for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,[1][2] the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Where Reasons End,[3] and the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for The Book of Goose.[4] Her short story collection Wednesday's Child was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.[5] She is an editor of the Brooklyn-based literary magazine A Public Space.[6]

  1. ^ "Interview with Yiyun Li, 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award Winner". The Hemingway Society. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  2. ^ Guardian Staff (2006-12-06). "Interview with Guardian First Book Award winner Yiyun Li". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. ^ "Yiyun Li receives PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for originality, merit and impact". Princeton University. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  4. ^ "Yiyun Li's 'The Book of Goose' wins PEN/Faulkner award". AP News. April 4, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  5. ^ admin (2024-05-07). "2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalists include Yiyun Li and Ed Park". Lewis Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  6. ^ A Public Space.