Li Dawei
Li Dawei (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.
Li Dawei
- Name
- Li Dawei
- Born
- 1963
- Birthplace
- Beijing, China
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
- Education
- Beijing Normal University
- Languages
- Standard Chinese
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Li Dawei (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.
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Li Dawei (born 1963) is a Chinese journalist, poet and translator, among other activities. The journalist was born in Beijing. Li Dawei studied at Beijing Normal University. Languages used include Standard Chinese.
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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.
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• Name — Li Dawei • Native Name — 李大卫 • Born — 1963 • Birthplace — Beijing, China • Occupation — Novelist • Genre — Essay, short stories, novel Li Dawei (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.
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* * * • (2006) Magic Mountain Club, published in du - Magazine for culture No. 6/7, Swiss
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1963
Li Dawei born at Beijing.
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• 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
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