Yin Jianling
Yin Jianling is a Chinese writer of children's literature. She is senior editor of the Shanghai newspaper Xinmin wanbao.
Education
Born in Shanghai in October 1971, Yin has a BA from the Law and Politics Department, at Huadong Normal University, and an MA from the Chinese Literature Department at Shanghai Normal University.Writing career
Yin was eighteen when her poetry was published in Youth Literature and Art《少年文艺》. She has continued to write and publish poetry, essays, novels, and reportage, and opinions. She was the editor-in-chief of a woman’s magazine, and is now senior editor of the Shanghai newspaper Xinmin wanbao. She became a member of the China Writers Association in 1998, and has a key role in the Shanghai Writers Association. She is particularly well known for her writing for children, in particular for adolescent girls.Awards
Yin has won numerous awards for her books, including the prestigious Chen Bochui Awards for Children's Literature.- 2014 - Winner of a Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award - for The Sound of Fireflies
- 2013 - Nominated for an Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
- 2011 - Winner of a Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award - for 1937 - Autumn in the Summer of Youth
- 2007 - Winner of a Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award - for ''To Future You - 15 Letters for a Girl''
Selected publications
- 1995 -《盛开的心情》 - poetry
- 1996 -《纯真季节》 - essays
- 1997 -《玻璃鸟》 - autobiographical novel
- 2000 -《纸人》 - novel
- 2000 -《月亮茶馆里的童年》 - novel
- 2001 -《临界情感》 - women's essays
- 2002 -《热点女人》 - creative non-fiction
- 2003 -《轮子上的麦小麦》 - novel
- 2004 -《记得那年花下》 - essays
- 2004 -《米兰公寓》 - novella
- 2004 -《殷健灵少女物语》
- 2004 -《爱情无耻》 - essays
- 2005/06 -《风中之樱》 - fantasy novel
- 2006 -《听见萤火虫》 - essays 安徽少年儿童出版社
- 2007 -《一滴秘密的眼泪》 - novellas
- 2007 -《遇见从前》
- 2008 -《蜻蜓，蜻蜓》
- 2008 -《一定找到你》 - essays for children中国福利会出版社
- 2008 -《靠近你，靠近我》 - collected works
- 2008 -《画框里的猫·出逃》 - short stories
- 2009 -《1937·少年夏之秋》
- 2009 -《凯蒂的幸福时光》
- translation of Jane Vejjajiva's novel - 2009 -《纯情游走》 - collection
- 2010 -《你的小船你的帆》 - novellas
- 2011 -《殷健灵作品精选》 - collection
- 2011 -《轮子上的麦小麦》 - novella
- 2011 -《风中之樱》 - fantasy novel
- 2011 -《零度情感》 - essays
- 2011 -《画框里的猫》 - in Swedish
- 2011 -《掌心里的蓝月亮》
- 2011 -《看时间流过》
- 2012 -《一定找到你》
- 2012 -《俯瞰天堂——米开朗基罗艺术与人生的“昼夜晨暮”》
- 2012 -《殷健灵获奖作品集美绘版》 :《纸人》,《听见萤火虫》,《画框里的猫》
- 2012 -《幸运的坏男孩》 - translation of novel
- 2012 -《你可听见沙漏的声音》 - essay 获首届《儿童文学》金近奖
- 2012 -《和夏天约会》 - poetry
- 2013 -《甜美小镇》
- 2013 -《薄荷糖》 - short stories
- 2013 -《纯真记事簿》 - series of stories
- 2013 -《致未来的你——给女孩的十五封信》 - letters/essays
- 2013 -《莲花般的女孩》
- 2013 -《安安的蜻蜓》
- 2016 -《野芒坡》 - novel
- 2021 - The Visible Sounds - picture book, illustrated by Yu Rong, tr. Filip Selucky ISBN 9781912979790