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Li Dawei
Chinese writer · China · On the map · Writers · Born 1963 · age 63
Li Dawei is a Chinese writer born in 1963. He began writing poetry at age 17, and in 1985 graduated from Beijing Normal University with a degree in English.
Li Dawei is read about 3 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 22 June 2026
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Since 1987, he has been publishing theoretical works about art and literature and in 1997, he published his first novel, Dream Collector, which is centred with a young musician and a talking cat that is later converted into a cartoon star. He won Select Short Stories Monthly prize in 1996 and, in 1997, was short-listed for Lu Xun Literary Prize, China's arguably highest award for literature. He was given October Prize in 2000. He currently resides in Los Angeles. He is also a columnist for Caijing Magazine.
