Yang, Qiang

Since his childhood, Qiang Yang ("Yang" being the surname) has been a passionate participant in theaters and a lover of poetry, fiction and drama. Having worked as a director of stage plays, a playwright and an actor, he has been writing and winning awards in a great variety of literary genres since the 1990s. Yang's works of fiction are full of dramatic conflicts and all kinds of Chinese cultural characteristics. He focuses on folklore and those living in China's vast rural areas, exploring the philosophical thoughts and complex emotions behind people's struggles for a better, richer life. He...