Xu Zechen
Xu Zechen is a Chinese author of literary fiction. He currently works as an editor at People's Literature Magazine. In 2009 he was a writer in residence at Creighton University and in 2010 he attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
Awards
Source:- 2014 - Awarded the Short Story Award of the 7th Lu Xun Literary Prize for If A Snowstorm Seals the Door
- 2014 - Awarded the Lao She Literary Award for "Jerusalem"
- 2015 - Nominated for the 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Jerusalem"
- 2016 - Awarded the 1st Cross-Strait Young Writers Prize for "Jerusalem"
- 2019 - Awarded the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize for "Northward"
Works
Representative works include the following :Novels and Novellas
- 《耶路撒冷》
- 《跑步穿过中关村》 Running Through Beijing
- 《午夜之门》
- 《夜火车》
- 《天上人间》
- 《北上》
- 《苍声》Voice Change
- 《啊，北京》
- 《西夏》
- 《人间烟火》
- 《逆时针》
- 《居延》
- 《小城市》
Short stories
- 《花街》
- 《最后一个猎人》
- 《伞兵与卖油郎》
- 《纸马》
- 《我们的老海》
- 《这些年我一直在路上》
- 《如果大雪封门》 If a Snowstorm Seals the Door
- 《时间简史》 A Brief History of Time
- 《弃婴》 Throwing Out the Baby
- 《镜与刀》
- 《九年》
- 《忆秦娥》 ''Remembering Qin E''