Hong Ying
Hong Ying was born in Chongqing, China, and began her writing career as a poet. In 1990, she relocated to London and authored over a dozen books, some of which have been adapted for television or film. She is best known in the English-speaking world for Daughter of the River , Summer of Betrayal , and K: The Art of Love . Her memoir, Daughter of the River , has been translated into thirty languages, and K: The Art of Love won the Premio Letterario Merck Award in 2005. Hong Ying currently...See more
Hong Ying was born in Chongqing, China, and began her writing career as a poet. In 1990, she relocated to London and authored over a dozen books, some of which have been adapted for television or film. She is best known in the English-speaking world for Daughter of the River , Summer of Betrayal , and K: The Art of Love . Her memoir, Daughter of the River , has been translated into thirty languages, and K: The Art of Love won the Premio Letterario Merck Award in 2005. Hong Ying currently resides in Beijing. Gary Xu is a scholar, author, translator, and art curator. He is a professor of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois. See less
