Su Tong

Tong Zhonggui
Native name
童忠贵
BornJanuary 1963 (age 61)
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Pen nameSu Tong (苏童)
OccupationNovelist
LanguageChinese
NationalityChinese
Alma materBeijing Normal University
Period1980–present
GenreNovel
Notable worksShadow of the Hunter
Notable awards9th Mao Dun Literature Prize
2015 Shadow of the Hunter

Tong Zhonggui (Chinese: 童忠贵; pinyin: Tóng Zhōngguì; born January 23, 1963), known by the pen name of Su Tong (苏童; 蘇童; Sū Tóng) is a Chinese writer. He was born in Suzhou and lives in Nanjing.[1]

He entered the Department of Chinese at Beijing Normal University in 1980, and started to publish novels in 1983. He is now vice president of the Jiangsu Writers Association.[2] Known for his controversial writing style, Su is one of the most acclaimed novelists in China.[3]

  1. ^ Hua Li, Contemporary Chinese Fiction by Su Tong and Yu Hua: Coming of Age in Troubled Times (BRILL, 2011) p90
  2. ^ "苏童_中国作家网". www.chinawriter.com.cn. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  3. ^ http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/3/1/1/1331354/1.html [dead link]