Liu Xinglong

Liu Xinglong deserves more attention from readers outside China. Born in 1956 in Huanggang, Hubei, he won the Lu Xun Literary Prize for novellas in 1998, a serious marker of craft in Chinese letters. As vice president of both the Hubei Writers Association and Wuhan's literary federation, he sits at the center of a regional literary life, mentoring and shaping as much as writing. I'm drawn to authors rooted in a specific place rather than chasing trends; the texture of land and ordinary people tends to seep into their work. He strikes me as exactly that kind of grounded storyteller, and I'd happily read him in translation.

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Name (English)

Liu Xinglong

Name (Japanese)

劉醒龍

Reading

りゅう・せいりゅう

Born

January 10, 1956 (age 70)

Origin

Huanggang, People's Republic of China

Occupation

novelist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Lu Xun Literary Prize for Excellent Novellas

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu%20Xinglong
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E9%86%92%E9%BE%8D
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10898014

Tags

• novelist

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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