Han Shaogong

Han Shaogong carries the weight of modern Chinese literature for me. Born in Changsha in 1953 and educated at Wuhan University, he belongs to the generation shaped by the Cultural Revolution, and you can feel that lived history pressing against his fiction. Winning the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2007 is no small thing; carrying Lu Xun's name signals real literary seriousness. He strikes me as a writer of place and memory rather than easy entertainment, someone digging into the bond between people and their roots. That he also translates tells me he is obsessed with language itself. He is firmly on my list of authors I want to read properly.

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Name (English)

Han Shaogong

Name (Japanese)

韓少功

Reading

かん・しょうこう

Born

January 1, 1953 (age 73)

Origin

Changsha, People's Republic of China

Occupation

translator / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

University

Wuhan University

Awards & achievements

• 2007 Lu Xun Literary Prize for Excellent Proses and Essays

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han%20Shaogong
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%93%E5%B0%91%E5%8A%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716800

Tags

• translator
• writer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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