Ha Jin

Author and poet · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1956 · age 70

Jin Xuefei is a Chinese American poet and novelist who uses the pen name Ha Jin (哈金). The name Ha comes from his favorite city, Harbin. His poetry is associated with the Misty Poetry movement.

Ha Jin is read about 88 times a day, in 25 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2008Berlin PrizeAwardGreat Immigrants AwardAward2005PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionAward2001Asian American Literary AwardsAward2000PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionAward1999Guggenheim FellowshipAwardNational Book AwardAward1997Hemingway Foundation/PEN AwardAward1956Born21 February 1956

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