About Li Dawei
Born 1963. Li Dawei is a Chinese poet, writer, translator and journalist.
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. 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
(2006) Magic Mountain Club, published in du - Magazine for culture No. 6/7, Swiss
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Who is Li Dawei?
Chinese writer
When was Li Dawei born?
Li Dawei was born in 1963 in Beijing.
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Li Dawei is a poet, writer, translator and journalist.
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Li Dawei is Chinese.
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