Zhu Wen (director)

Zhu Wen (Chinese朱 文, Pinyin Zhu Wen, born in 1967 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province) is a Chinese writer, poet, screenwriter and director.

Life

After studying the kinetics at the University of the South East in Nanjing with graduating in 1991, he first worked there for some time as an engineer before he devoted himself to literary work. In the nineties he was the initiator of the literary movement " duanlie " ( " cracks " ) and representatives of a generation of young writers who influenced the renewal of Chinese literature prevail. His works include four collections of short stories, a novel, a collection of poems and several screenplays. He made his directorial debut in 2001 with the film Haixian (Seafood ), who presented at Cannes and at the Film Festival in Venice with a special award " Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year" was considered. Followed in 2004, his second film ( also director and writer) Yun de nan fang (South of the Clouds ), which was awarded at the Berlinale with the " Netpac price ". Zhu Wen lives in Beijing.

• Wo Ai Meiyuan (我 爱 美元), stories 1995
• Didi de Yanzou (弟弟 的 演奏), stories 1996
• Yinwei Gudu (因为 孤独), stories 1996
• Shenme laji shi, shi ai shenme (什么 是 垃圾,什么 是 爱), Roman 1998
• Renmin Daodi xu bu Xuyao ​​Sangna (人民 到底 需 不需要 桑拿), stories 2000
• Kan nüren, stories 2007

• German -language collection of short stories: I love dollars and other stories of China. Translated from the Chinese by Frank Meinshausen. A1 Verlag, Munich 2009.ISBN 3-940666-07-6.

Movies

• Haixian (Seafood ), 2001
• Yun de nan fang (South of the Clouds ), 2004