Lianke, Yan

Yan Lianke was born in 1958 in Henan province, China. He is the author of numerous novels and short-story collections, including Lenin s Kisses, Serve the People!, and Dream of Ding Village, which was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and adapted into a film. He was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize and the winner of the Franz Kafka Prize and two of China s most prestigious literary awards, the Lu Xun Prize and the Lao She Award.