Yiyun Li | |
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| Native name | 李翊雲 |
| Born | November 4, 1972 Beijing, China |
| Occupation | Author, professor |
| Language | English |
| Education | Peking University (BS) University of Iowa (MS, MFA) |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards | MacArthur Fellow Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Children | 2 |
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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]
- ^ "Interview with Yiyun Li, 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award Winner". The Hemingway Society. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ Guardian Staff (2006-12-06). "Interview with Guardian First Book Award winner Yiyun Li". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "Yiyun Li receives PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for originality, merit and impact". Princeton University. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ^ "Yiyun Li's 'The Book of Goose' wins PEN/Faulkner award". AP News. April 4, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ admin (2024-05-07). "2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalists include Yiyun Li and Ed Park". Lewis Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ A Public Space.