Yu Qiuyu

What draws me to Yu Qiuyu is that he chose the essay, the most unforgiving form there is. You cannot hide behind plot or character; it is just you, history, and the page. Winning the Lu Xun Prize in 2001 for his prose tells me he mastered exactly that. I read him as a writer who carries the weight of the Chinese intellectual tradition without ever lecturing his reader. The best of his kind make you want to travel, to stand where they stood and feel the centuries press in. I suspect he is one of those, and I respect a writer who can move you simply by describing a place.

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Name (English)

Yu Qiuyu

Name (Japanese)

余秋雨

Reading

よ・しゅうう

Born

August 23, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

Cixi City, People's Republic of China

Occupation

writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Awards & achievements

• 2001 Lu Xun Literary Prize for Excellent Proses and Essays

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu%20Qiuyu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%99%E7%A7%8B%E9%9B%A8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9079047

Tags

• writer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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