Wenyan Lu
Wenyan Lu, 陆文艳, is a Chinese novelist based in Cambridge, England. She won the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize and the 2024 Society of Authors McKitterick Prize for her debut novel The Funeral Cryer.[1][2][3]
Early and personal life
[edit]Li is from Shanghai. She graduated with a Master of Studies in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. Li moved to England in 2006 with her husband Mark. Previously based in Oxford, the couple now live in Cambridge with their two children.[4] Li has taught English as a foreign language in China, Mandarin as a foreign language in England, as well as creative writing.[5]
Works
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Allen & Unwin snaps up Lu's 'moving' debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "'The Funeral Cryer': A Conversation with Wenyan Lu | The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing". writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "McKitterick Prize - The Society of Authors". 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ^ Joanne (11 May 2023). "Today's #AuthorInTheSpotlight is Wenyan Lu - The Funeral Cryer". Portobello Book Blog. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "St Mary's #teachereffect: Mrs Wenyan Lu". St Mary's School Cambridge. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ Wang, Connie (2024-04-30). "Singing for the Dead, a Woman Finds Her Purpose". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Chan, Gabrielle (2023-06-10). "Book review: Wenyan Lu's captivating debut tracks a rural Chinese woman's journey of self-discovery". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Blumberg-Kason, Susan (2024-04-30). ""The Funeral Cryer" by Wenyan Lu". Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "WENYAN LU - THE FUNERAL CRYER". THE CAMBRIDGE CRITIQUE. 2023-04-02. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
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