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Authors
Yang Hongying
Chinese Children’s Book Writer, Vice Chairman of Sichuan Writer Association
Yang Hongying is one of the most successful and popular Chinese children authors in modern time.
Madam Yang’s children’s books have been enthusiastically embraced by Chinese children over the past two decades, making her as the most admired author among Chinese children.
In August 2000, Diary of a Girl was one of Yang’s famous works and her first bestseller. In 19 years, this beautiful diary of a young girl has been printed hundreds of times and this individual book sold more than 5 million copies. Other famous works of hers include the Mo’s Mischief series starting in 2003 (or Tao Qi Bao Ma Xiao Tiao) and the Diary of a Smiling Cat series (or Xiao Mao Ri Ji) starting in 2006. In the past 40 years, she has created more than 80 children’s novels. To date, she has sold more than 200 million copies.
Cao Wenxuan
Cao Wenxuan is a professor of Chinese at Beijing University, Associate Director of the Children’s Literature Committe of the Chinese Writer’s Association, and a bestselling author of children’s literature. He has won many academic and literary awards include the Hans Christian Anderson Award, Song Qingling Literature Award, the Bing Xin Literature Award, and the National Book Award (China).
Cao Wenxuan’s received the Hans Christian Andersen Author Award in 2016 from the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).
Cao Wenxuan’s novel Bronze and Sunflower has been listed on three major bestseller charts in the United States, which are:
- The New York Times 2017 Annual Children’s Bestseller;
- The Wall Street Journal 2017 Annual Children’s Bestseller, Cao’s book was listed on Top 3 among the 13 best children’s books.
- Publishers Weekly’s bestseller chart, Cao’s book was ranked 4th out of 20 books in the Middle grade group.
Shen Shixi
“China’s King of Animal Storytelling” Shen Shixi’s Sharing of What Animals Can Teach Us about Life
Shen Shixi, formerly known as Shen Yiming, is a best-selling children’s author in China. He is best known for his animal stories, and is known as the “King of Animal Stories.” He has written over 40 titles about animal stories for children. He became a member of the Yunnan Writers Association in 1982, and the China Writers Association in 1985. Many of Shen’s works have been included in the Chinese textbooks for primary and secondary schools. They have also won numerous awards such as the National Outstanding Children’s Literature Award announced by China Writers Association, the China Book Award, the Bing Xin Children’s Literature Award, and the Chen Bochui Children’s Literature Award and so on. Shen’s works are available in English and other languages, such as his representative work have been translated into a number of languages including English, Vietnamese, French, Russian etc and have been published and distributed globally, winning a wide reputation at home and abroad.
Chen Lei
Chen Lei (pen name: Er Hun Zi), formerly a designer of SAIC Group, was the founder of Wechat public account “Hun Zi Yue”
Chen Lei (pen name: Er Hun Zi), formerly a designer of SAIC Group, was the founder of Wechat public account “Hun Zi Yue,” which is a historical story platform generated over 3 million followers. His articles have accumulated 300 million page views with over hundreds of thousands page views per article across platforms. What’s driving this excitement? The expanding book market in China reflects a strong desire amongst Chinese readers to learn more about the world. I’ve also noticed that a greater cross section of people in China have expanded their desire to become more conversational with their colleagues and friends about world history and culture. Chen Lei recognized these two converging factors and created a simple formula for satisfying his reader’s endless curiosity. First, he has selected popular topics of the day which range from understanding block chain technologies to series covering the History of China, the History of the World, and the History of Tang Poetry. (When was the last time an anthology of poetry has reached the NYT best-selling list?) Chen Lei presents his material in easy to understand language mixed with a clever dose of humor and comic depictions of his subject matter. His books which average around 300 pages are intended to be read in less than an hour. Drawing inspiration from his industrial design professors, Chen Lei recognized that the most elegant solution to most problems is the simplest one. And he has successfully applied this concept to storytelling. Chen Lei’s works have been enthusiastically received by readers of all ages. Many young readers discovered him from the books that their parents had bought for themselves. In the last several years, he has become China’s latest celebrity.
Li Miao
The Dean and Founder of the Institute of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Sun Yat-Sen University.
Spreading popular science knowledge in Li Miao’s way: interesting in writing style, rich in content, and talent in storytelling
Li Miao is a professor in the Department of Physics at South University of Science and Technology of China.
He was graduated from Peking University with a bachelor degree in astrophysics in 1982 and a master degree in science from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1984. In 1989, he went to the Bohr Institute of Copenhagen University in Denmark and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy. Since 1990, he has been a research assistant and research assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Brown University. In 1996, he became a senior research assistant at the Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago.