Sylvia Li-chun Lin

Sylvia Li-chun Lin (Shanhua, Tainan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-born Chinese–English translator and a former associate professor of Chinese Literature at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Notre Dame. She has translated over a dozen novels with Howard Goldblatt.

Awards Liang Shih-chiu Literary Translation Prize 2000 – National Translation Award for translation of Notes of a Desolate Man by Chu T’ien-wen 2011 – Man Asian Literary Prize for Three Sisters by Bi Feiyu

Works Translations AuthorEnglish titleOriginal titleNotesChu T’ien-wenNotes of a Desolate Man荒人手記with Howard GoldblattBi FeiyuThe Moon Opera青衣Three Sisters玉米Massage推拿Liu ZhenyunThe Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon我叫刘跃进I Did Not Kill My Husband我不是潘金莲Remembering 1942温故一九四二Shih Shu-chingCity of the Queen她名叫蝴蝶Li AngThe Lost Garden迷園AlaiThe Song of King Gesar格萨尔王Red Poppies尘埃落定Xi Ni ErThe Ernest Mask认真面具Li Yung-p'ingRetribution: the Jiling Chronicles吉陵春秋Song YingApricot's Revenge杏烧红BeilaThe Cursed Piano魔咒钢琴You JinTeaching Cats to Jump Hoops听, 青春在哭泣

Academic

Push Open the Door: Poetry from Contemporary China. Copper Canyon Press 2011. . (co-edited with Tze-lan D. Sang)