Ha Jin: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Xuefei Jin
Born February 21, 1956 (age 70) • China
Awards And Honors PEN/Faulkner Award (2005) • PEN/Faulkner Award (2000) • National Book Award (1999)
Notable Works “A Distant Center” • “A Free Life” • “A Good Fall” • “A Map of Betrayal” • “Between Silences” • “Facing Shadows” • “In the Pond” • “Nanjing Requiem” • “Ocean of Words” • “The Banished Immortal” • “The Boat Rocker” • “The Bridegroom” • “The Crazed” • “The First Emperor” • “The Writer as Migrant” • “Under the Red Flag” • “Waiting” • “War Trash” • “Wreckage”

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John Updike
John Updike
American author
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American author
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Joyce Carol Oates, 2012
Joyce Carol Oates
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Katherine Anne Porter
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Annie Proulx seated on a red leather sofa, wearing glasses, a black jacket, and a white shirt, looking toward the camera.
Annie Proulx
American author
Philip Roth
Philip Roth
American author
Doctorow, E.L.
E.L. Doctorow
American author
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
Stein, Gertrude
Gertrude Stein
American writer
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
William Carlos Williams, wearing glasses and a bow tie, sits indoors holding a book with bookshelves and cabinets in the background, circa 1955.
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Sherman Alexie, 2007
Sherman Alexie
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Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow
American author
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O’Connor
American writer
Algren, Nelson
Nelson Algren
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John Barth
American writer
Hazzard, Shirley
Shirley Hazzard
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Wright Morris
American writer and photographer
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Maxine Hong Kingston
Chinese-American author