Ye Zhaoyan

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Ye Zhaoyan
BornJuly 1957 (age 68)
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Alma mater Nanjing University
Relatives
  • Yao Cheng (姚澄), mother
  • Ye Zhicheng (叶至诚), father
  • Ye Shengtao, grandfather
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 葉 兆 言
Simplified Chinese 叶 兆 言
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Yè Zhàoyán

Ye Zhaoyan (born July 1957) is a Chinese author based in Nanjing. Many of his books have been translated into English and other languages.

His paternal grandfather Ye Shengtao was one of China's most influential educators, and his mother Yao Cheng (姚澄) was a famous Wuxi opera actress.

Works translated into English

YearChinese titleTranslated English titleTranslator(s)
1994花影A Flower's Shade [1] ?
1995凶杀之都"Murder Capital" [2] Shelly Bryant
1996一九三七年的爱情 Nanjing 1937: A Love Story [3] Michael Berry
左轮三五七"Police Python 357" [2] Helen Wang
1997南京人People of Nanjing: A Cultural Perspective on a Historic Chinese City [4] David Charles East
作家林美女士"The Writer Ms. Lin Mei" [2] Jesse Field
1999老南京·旧影秦淮Old Nanjing: Reflections of Scenes on the Qinhuai River [5] Huang Lin, Hao Wei
2003我们的心多么顽固How Stubborn Our Hearts [6] ?
2006别人的爱情Other People's Love [7] ?
2019南京传Nanjing: The Story of a Chinese City [8] Fernando Arrieta
2022通往父亲之路The Character of Fatherhood [9] Andrew Endrey, Xialin Ding

A Flower's Shade was the basis for Chen Kaige's 1996 film Temptress Moon , [3] although Ye was not credited in the film. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Ye Zhaoyan (2016) [1994]. A Flower's Shade. Simon & Schuster. ISBN   978-1-4767-7500-5.
  2. 1 2 3 Chinese Arts and Letters, April 2015.
  3. 1 2 Ye Zhaoyan (2002) [1996]. Nanjing 1937: A Love Story. Columbia University Press. ISBN   0-231-12754-5.
  4. ↑ Ye Zhaoyan (2021) [1997]. People of Nanjing: A Cultural Perspective on a Historic Chinese City. Bridge21 Publications. ISBN   9781626430648.
  5. ↑ Ye Zhaoyan (2003) [1999]. Old Nanjing: Reflections of Scenes on the Qinghuai River. Foreign Languages Press. ISBN   7119030485.
  6. ↑ Ye Zhaoyan (2016) [2003]. How Stubborn Our Hearts. Simon & Schuster. ISBN   978-1-4767-7503-6.
  7. ↑ Ye Zhaoyan (2016) [2006]. Other People's Love. Simon & Schuster. ISBN   978-1-4767-7499-2.
  8. ↑ Ye Zhaoyan (2021) [2019]. Nanjing: The Story of a Chinese City. Long River Press. ISBN   9781592652532.
  9. ↑ Ye Zhaoyan (2026) [2022]. The Character of Fatherhood. Sinoist Books. ISBN   9781838906214.
  10. ↑ (in Chinese) 陈凯歌拍电影《风月》伤了好友叶兆言


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