Hong Ying

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Hong Ying (1962- ) is easily one of China’s best-known authors internationally. She settled in England in 1991, but returned to China in 2004. Her novels K: The Art of Love (K), Concubine of Shanghai (上海王) and Peacock Cries (孔雀的叫喊) have all been published in English by Marion Boyars, U.K. Her autobiography, Daughter of the River (饥饿的女儿), is also available in English. Though she does not classify herself as a “woman writer” or a “feminist writer,” she is often received as an advocate for feminist causes by critics abroad, likely because her works tend to feature female characters (Concubine of Shanghai features three women in different positions of power in the Shanghai underworld during the early nineteen-hundreds). The sequel to her autobiography, Good Children of the Flowers(好儿女花）, was just recently published by Beijing Fonghong Media Company, Ltd.

 
Works by Hong Ying
Concubine of Shanghai (上海王), published by Marion Boyars Publishers in January, 2008
Peacock Cries (孔雀的叫喊), published by Marion Boyars Publishers in September, 2006
Ji'e de Nu'er (饥饿的女儿), published by Knowledge Press in April, 2003
Translated as Daughter of the River
K (K), published by Huashan Art and Literature Press in January, 2002
Translated as K: The Art of Love