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Zou Jingzhi (邹静之, 1952) is a Chinese playwright. He has written the librettos for two Chinese-language western-style operas by woman composer Lei Lei: Xi Shi (opera) based on the story of Xi Shi, and The Chinese Orphan (2011) based on the story The Orphan of Zhao.
Oct 1, 2010 · Ninth Building (written in Chinese by Zou Jingzhi and translated into English by Jeremy Tiang) is a collection of vignettes reflecting Zou's experience growing up during the Cultural Revolution in 1966.
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Apr 4, 2023 · Zou Jingzhi interview: ‘I wrote this book to let go of my childhood’. With Ninth Building longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, the author talks about why he prefers to write with a pen than a keyboard – and how his book has travelled through time. Read interviews with all of the longlisted authors and translators here.
Zou Jingzhi’s novel Ninth Building was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, announced on March 14 2023. A kaleidoscopic and understated collection of interlocking tales of life in an apartment building under the Cultural Revolution – the daily tedium of its inhabitants, lit by brief and tenuous moments of shared humanity.
Mar 14, 2023 · Zou Jingzhi on Ninth Building. ‘There’s an ancient Chinese saying, about a child who has lost their mother: ‘I dream of mother, she was like a gust of wind’. A lonely child sees his mother in a dream at night; everything returns to normal in the daylight. He thought his mother came to see him.
Zou Jingzhi is highly regarded in China as a fiction writer, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a founding member of the Chinese theatre collective Longmashe.
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Extremely influential as as poet in the 1980s, Zou Jingzhi continues to shape public opinion today through his screenplays for directors that include Wong Kar-Wai and Zhang Yimou. He is a founding member of the Beijing theatre collective Longmashe, which regularly produces his plays.
