Su Tong

Su Tong, born Tong Zhonggui in Suzhou and now living in Nanjing, is a writer I think deserves a wider readership abroad. A Beijing Normal University graduate who has published fiction since 1983, he has won both the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Lu Xun Literary Prize, and as vice president of the Jiangsu Writers Association he is cultivating the literary soil itself, not just his own pages. I sense the moist, atmospheric Jiangnan water-town world in his sensibility, and that lived texture is what makes his stories linger. He is the kind of voice that carries Asia's narratives to the world, and I want more readers to find him.

Tong Zhonggui (Chinese: 童忠贵; pinyin: Tóng Zhōngguì; born January 23, 1963), known by the pen name of Su Tong (苏童; 蘇童; Sū Tóng) is a Chinese writer. He was born in Suzhou and lives in Nanjing. He entered the Department of Chinese at Beijing Normal University in 1980, and started to publish novels in 1983. He is now vice president of the Jiangsu Writers Association.

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Name (English)

Su Tong

Name (Japanese)

蘇童

Reading

そ・どう

Born

January 23, 1963 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Suzhou, People's Republic of China

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

writer / screenwriter

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Beijing Normal University

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Lu Xun Literary Prize for Excellent Short Stories
• 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%98%87%E7%AB%A5

Tags

• writer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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