About Zhao Shuxia
Born 1931. Zhao Shuxia is a Swiss writer.
Zhao Shuxia (Susie Chen è¶™æ·‘ä¿ ; * 30 December 1931 in Beijing) is a Chinese author.
Life Zhao Shuxia comes from a Manchurian landowning family, was married to Yannian Chen (physicist), lived in Switzerland from 1961 to 2001 and in the US since 2001.
Zhao is the founder and honorary chairwoman of the Association of Chinese language writers in Europe. She has published short stories, novels and essays in Chinese on experiences of overseas Chinese in Europe. Two volumes of stories ("Traumspuren" 1987, "Der Jadering" 1988) and a novel ("Unser Lied" Vol. 1, 1996) are available in German translation. In the 1980s and 1890s she was one of the most famous Chinese-speaking authors in Europe.
Works (selection) Saijinhua (Chinesisch) Taschenbuch • Zhao, Shuxia (S: èµµæ·‘ä¾ , P: Zhà o ShÅ«xiá). Sai JinhuaBeijing Shiyue Wenyi Chubanshe (Beijing), October 1990. . - See Google Books page, See Douban page
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Zhao Shuxia was born on 30 December 1931 in Beijing.
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Zhao Shuxia is a writer.
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Zhao Shuxia is Swiss.
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