Jiang Zilong

Jiang Zilong (; born August 1941) is a Chinese author of fiction and essays. He is known as the founder of 'reform literature' which deals with China's policy of reform and opening up.

Biography Jiang was born in August 1941 in Hebei province, north China. After graduating from a technical school, he was assigned to the Tianjin Casting and Forging Centre Factory (later renamed Tianjin Heavy Machinery Factory). He was enlisted in the military in 1960, demobilised in 1965 and then rejoined the factory where he rose to the rank of director. In March 2019, the English translation of Empires of Dust was published by Alain Charles Asia.

Jiang has served as honorary chairman of the Tianjin Writers Association and vice chairman of the fifth, sixth and seventh sessions of the China Writers Association. Selected Stories by Jiang Zilong (1999) Empires of Dust (2019)