Zhang Xinxin

Zhang Xinxin (; born October 4, 1953 She has also written short stories, screenplays, and autobiographical works.

Background Zhang was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on October 4, 1953. She was raised in Beijing. As a result of her father's military position and the fact that he was a writer, Zhang had access to a wide variety of books in her childhood and spent much of her time reading. During the Down to the Countryside Movement, she worked as a sent-down youth in Heilongjiang province in northeast China. She worked as a director at Beijing People's Art Theatre between 1985 and 1988.

Style Zhang's early works deal with themes such as the effects of gender roles and expectations, the duality of womanhood, and the search for an "authentic self."

Novels

《IT84》(IT84, 2018) English: excerpts translated by Helen Wang, 2019.

Novellas 《疯狂的君子兰》(Orchid Mania, 1983) English: Mad about Orchids, translated by Helen Wang, 2011. 《我们这个年纪的梦》 (The Dreams of Our Generation, 1985) 《封．片．联》 (Postcard and Bandits, 1986) 《IT84》(IT84, 2015)

Short stories "In the Quiet Ward" (1978) 《我在哪兒錯過了你?》("Where Did I Miss You?," 1979) 《在同一个地平线上》("On the Same Horizon," 1981) 《张辛欣小说选》 (The Collected Stories of Zhang Xinxin, 1985) 《这次你演哪一半? 》 ("Which half will you play this time – husband or wife?," 1988) 《龙的食谱》 ("A Recipe for Dragons," 2011) English: "Dragonworld" in The Guardian, 14 April 2012, and Read Paper Republic, Afterlives 2, 3 Nov 2016.

Graphic novel 《拍花子和俏女孩》(Pai Hua Zi and the Clever Girl, 2012)

Non-fiction 《在路上》 (On the Road, 1986) 《北京人 (一百个中国人的自述)》(Peking Man: One Hundred Chinese Self Portraits, 1986) - co-authored with Sang Ye 《天狱：偷渡美国》(Hell in Heaven: Smuggling to America, 1994) 《我知道的美国之音》(Me and the VOA: A Collection of Commentaries, 2000) 《独步东西 : 一个旅美作家的网上创作》 (Lonely Drifter: The Wanderer Between the East and the West - My Journey on The Web, 2000) 《流浪世界的方式》 (Style of Wandering the World: Short Essay Collection, 2002) 《闲说外国人》 (Chatting About Foreigners, 2002) 《我的好莱坞大学》(Dark Paradise: My Observations of Hollywood, 2003) 《我在美国的自隔离日记》(My Self-Isolation Diaries) - Jintian toutiao, 24 April 2020. English Excerpt: A Virus Named Totalitarianism (Humans in Pandemic, 21 May 2020)