Xue Yiwei

Xue Yiwei
Xue Yiwei
Simplified Chinese	薛忆沩
Traditional Chinese	薛憶溈
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xuē Yìwéi

Xue Yiwei (Chinese: 薛忆沩, born in 1964^[1]) is a Chinese-born Canadian author.

His hometown is Changsha, Hunan, and his birthplace was Chenzhou in the same province.^[2] He attended the Beijing University of Aeronautics (now Beihang University) in a computer science program, gaining a BsC. Next he attended the Université de Montréal, taking a program in English literature, attaining a Master of Arts. Finally he attended the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in a doctoral program in linguistics and received his degree.^[3]

In 2002, he relocated to Canada,^[4] due to his disenchantment with the materialism-focused direction of literature in his home country. In February, he occupied an apartment in proximity to the St. Joseph Oratory,^[5] in Côte-des-Neiges.^[6] In 2016, CBC Radio presented him as having a high level of popularity in China, known to "millions of people".^[6] Ha Jin stated that Xue is a "maverick".^[6]

Shenzheners was his first work translated into English.^[7] Previously, he was not known among Anglophone audiences, and he lived in Montreal in relative obscurity.^[5]

Works

Novels^[8]

Desertion (1989) - A new edition was issued in 2012.
Dr. Bethune's Children (2011) - English translation 2017^[9] This was not published in China.^[10]
- The novel addresses the life of Norman Bethune.^[4]
Farewells from a Shadow (2013)
Empty Nest (2014)
King Lear and Nineteen Seventy-Nine^[4]
- Beginning in March 2020 it was serialized in a magazine in China. Xue had intentions to have an English translation produced.^[10]
Celia, Misoka, I (2016) - English translation 2022^[11]

Short stories

Shenzheners - English translation 2016
four other works^[8]

References

^ "Xue Yiwei". Renditions. Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ "The Fate of a Novel Amid China's Reform". University of California Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ "Xue Yiwei". Asian Heritage in Canada. Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Xue Yiwei: In Search of Universal Values". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2020-04-25.
^ ^a ^b McGillis, Ian (2016-08-25). "Montreal's Chinese literary secret is finally out". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Metaphors in Montreal - a David Gutnick documentary". CBC Radio. Canadian Broadcasting Company. 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ Beattie, Steven W. (6 September 2016). "Shenzheners". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ ^a ^b "Shenzheners". Linda Leith Publishing. Archived from the original on 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2022-07-29. - This is the English language publisher of his works.
^ "Dr Bethunes Children".
^ ^a ^b "Xue Yiwei: In Search of Universal Values". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2020-04-25. Archived from the original on 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2022-07-29. [...]The good news is that, unlike Dr. Bethune's Children which the Chinese reader has never had an opportunity to read,[...]
^ Xue, Yiwei (2022). Celia, Misoka, I. Translated by Nashef, Stephen. Toronto, Ontario: Rare Machines. ISBN 9781459748040.

[1] "Xue Yiwei". Renditions. Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

[2] "The Fate of a Novel Amid China's Reform". University of California Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

[3] "Xue Yiwei". Asian Heritage in Canada. Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

[IntLARev-4] "Xue Yiwei: In Search of Universal Values". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2020-04-25.

[McGillis-5] McGillis, Ian (2016-08-25). "Montreal's Chinese literary secret is finally out". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

[Metaphors-6] "Metaphors in Montreal - a David Gutnick documentary". CBC Radio. Canadian Broadcasting Company. 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

[Quill-7] Beattie, Steven W. (6 September 2016). "Shenzheners". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

[ShenzhenersLindaLeith-8] "Shenzheners". Linda Leith Publishing. Archived from the original on 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2022-07-29. - This is the English language publisher of his works.

[9] "Dr Bethunes Children".

[LARBQandA-10] "Xue Yiwei: In Search of Universal Values". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2020-04-25. Archived from the original on 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2022-07-29. [...]The good news is that, unlike Dr. Bethune's Children which the Chinese reader has never had an opportunity to read,[...]

[11] Xue, Yiwei (2022). Celia, Misoka, I. Translated by Nashef, Stephen. Toronto, Ontario: Rare Machines. ISBN 9781459748040.

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