Fang Fang, pen name of Wang Fang, is a Chinese writer, known for her literary depictions of the working poor. She won the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2010. Born in Nanjing, she attended Wuhan University in 1978 to study Chinese. In 1975, she began to write poetry and in 1982, her first novel was published.
In their own words 2
Why has our space of debate become so narrow?...The new coronavirus infection is totally under control in China. What is it (China) scared of, despite that?
December 15, 2020 Author of ‘Wuhan Diary’ now finds herself muzzled in China
If authors have any responsibilities in the face of disaster, the greatest of them is to bear witness...I’ve always cared about how the weak survive great upheavals.
April 14, 2020 She Kept a Diary of China’s Epidemic. Now She Faces a Political Storm.
Awards 3
Connected to Fang 6
Zhang YuanAlso in Green Tea (2003)
Tie NingAlso won Lu Xun Literary Prize for Excellent Novellas
Hwang Sok-yongAlso won Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature
Bi FeiyuAlso won Lu Xun Literary Prize for Excellent Novellas
Yan LiankeAlso won Lu Xun Literary Prize for Excellent NovellasChi ZijianAlso won Lu Xun Literary Prize for Excellent NovellasAbout this person
Fang Fang, pen name of Wang Fang, is a Chinese writer, known for her literary depictions of the working poor. She won the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2010. Born in Nanjing, she attended Wuhan University in 1978 to study Chinese. In 1975, she began to write poetry and in 1982, her first novel was published. She has since written several novels, some of which have been honored by Chinese national-level literary prizes. Fang garnered international attention for her Wuhan Diary, documenting the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, and has used her platform to call for an end to internet censorship in China.
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