| Li Dawei | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 李大卫 |
| Born | 1963 Beijing, China |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Essay, short stories, novel |
Li Dawei (Chinese: 李大卫; born 1963) is a Chinese writer born in 1963. He began writing poetry at age 17, and in 1985 graduated from Beijing Normal University with a degree in English. Since 1987, he has been publishing theoretical works about art and literature and in 1997, he published his first novel, Dream Collector, which is centred with a young musician and a talking cat that is later converted into a cartoon star. He won Select Short Stories Monthly prize in 1996 and, in 1997, was short-listed for Lu Xun Literary Prize, China's arguably highest award for literature. He was given October Prize in 2000. He currently resides in Los Angeles. He is also a columnist for Caijing Magazine.
His novel Love, Revolution, And How Tomcat Haohao Goes To Hollywood was published by Knaus Publishing House, in Munich, in 2009.
Works
Books
- 念珠·击壤 (Lijiang Publishing House, 1987)
- 集梦爱好者 (Dream Collector; Authors' Publishing House, 1997)
- China Wenxueshi Building oder: Heimatstraße West 2a, published in Das Leben ist jetzt；Suhrkamp Publishing House, Frankfurt 2003
- 卡通猫的美国梦 (A Cartoon Cat's American Dream; Shandong Literary Publishing House, 2005)
- China Wenxueshi Building - via Jia Yuan Ovest 2, published in Cina - Undici scrittori della rivoluzione pop; Gruppo Editoriale il Saggiatore S.p.A., Milano 2006
Magazine articles
- "写作笔记 (Notes on writing)". Olive Tree Literature Society (6). 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-12-24.
- "恐龙是这样变酷的 (Thus Dinosaurs Become Cool)". Zuojia Zazhi (Writer's Journal) (1). 2005. Archived from the original on January 10, 2007.
- "巴别塔的猫 (Cats of Babel)". Zuojia Zazhi (Writer's Journal) (5). 2006.
- (2006) Magic Mountain Club, published in du - Magazine for culture No. 6/7, Swiss
References
- ^ "在德国"路演"中国当代小说 (In Germany, "road show" of contemporary Chinese literature)". Ouline.de. 2004-12-08. Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- Tang, Qing (2006-04-17). "耗子被逮住的忧愁 (The sorrow of the mouse that got caught)". Nanfang Daily. Archived from the original on April 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
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