"Writing Fiction from Exile. An Interview with Ha Jin"
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2014-09-29Resumen
During the last two decades, Jīn Xuĕfēi, who goes under the pen-name of Ha Jin, has emerged as one of the most prominent Asian–American writers in America, with works in fiction, poetry and essays dealing with the Chinese experience in China and the U.S. Born in 1956 in the Chinese province of Liaoning, Ha Jin’s life has been strongly marked by political and sociological events occurring in contemporary China. His father was an officer in the Red Army who was transferred around various provinces for years. This continuous change of residence gave young Jin the opportunity to discover remote regions, meet people and get acquainted with Chinese traditions and customs. Ha Jin was ten years old when Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, which aimed at removing capitalism and Chinese traditions by way of the strict implementation of communism. Colleges closed down for ten years and many young people became Red Guards, an armed revolutionary youth organization aiming to eradicate the ...
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Exile literature
Hyphenated writers
Translation literature
Short American fiction