Summary
Alai (Chinese: 阿来; pinyin: Ālái; Tibetan: ཨ་ལེ་, Wylie: a-le, ZYPY: Alê, Lhasa dialect: [ɑ́lè]; born 1959 in Sichuan Province) is a Chinese-language poet and novelist of Rgyalrong Tibetan descent. He is also a former editor of Science Fiction World.[1]
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| Native name | 阿来; ཨ་ལེ |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) Barkam, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan |
| Occupation | Novelist, Poet |
| Language | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Normal College |
| Period | 1982–present |
| Genre | Novels, poetry |
| Notable works | Red Poppies |
| Notable awards | 5th Mao Dun Literary Prize 2000 Red Poppies |
Works edit
Alai's notable novel Red Poppies, published in 1998, follows a family of Tibetan chieftains, the Maichi, during the decade or so before the “liberation” of Tibet by the People's Liberation Army in 1951. Their feudal life in the Tibetan borderlands, narrated by the youngest "idiot" son, is described as cruel, romantic, and full of intrigue (with the Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China presented as a great advance for the Tibetan peasantry). Red Poppies won the 5th Mao Dun Literary Prize in 2000 and was selected as a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize in 2002.[1]
In 2013, Alai participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.[2]
Bibliography edit
- The Song of King Gesar. Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin. New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. December 2013. ISBN 9781847672353.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Tibetan Soul: Stories. Translators Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. February 2012. ISBN 978-1-937385-08-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Red Poppies: A Novel of Tibet. Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. May 2003. ISBN 9780618340699.
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Filmography edit
- The Climbers (2019)
References edit
External links edit
- Red Poppies: A Novel of Tibet review by Gang Yue from University of North Carolina