Yiyun Li

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Yiyun Li is a Chinese American author acclaimed for her introspective fiction and essays that explore themes of memory, identity, and the legacy of history.

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Yiyun Li canonical 2
Yiyun 1

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instanceOf essayist
novelist
person
short story writer
awardReceived Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
Guardian First Book Award
Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
linked to: PEN/Hemingway Award

MacArthur Fellowship
Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
birthCountry China
birthPlace Beijing
birthYear 1972
citizenship United States
countryOfResidence United States
educatedAt Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Peking University
University of Iowa
employer Princeton University
familyName Li
fieldOfWork essays
fiction
literature
genre essay
literary fiction
memoir
short stories
givenName Yiyun
linked to: Yiyun Li
influencedBy Anton Chekhov
Elizabeth Bowen
William Trevor
languageOfWorkOrName Chinese
English
movedTo United States
name Yiyun Li
nationality Chinese American
notableWork A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Kinder Than Solitude
Must I Go
The Book of Goose
The Vagrants
Where Reasons End
occupation author
professor
positionHeld Professor of Creative Writing
writesAbout grief
history
identity
immigration
memory
motherhood

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Yiyun Li name Yiyun Li
Yiyun Li givenName Yiyun
linked to: Yiyun Li