Lin Xi

Lin Xi, originally named Hou Hong'e, was born in Tianjin in 1935. A contemporary Chinese writer and poet, he is an outstanding representative of "Tianjin-flavor fiction." He began publishing in 1950 and joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1982. His work spans social fiction, classic works, documentary literature, and social culture. Drawing on Tianjin's urban life and historical memory, his writing is finely observed and strongly local, revealing social change and everyday human affairs. His representative works include The Wasteland of Love: Revelations for Women, The Wutong Courtyard, Jottings of Gushang, The Old Society You Don't Know, and The Contemporary Value of Mazu Culture's Transmission. His novella Xiao De'er won the first Lu Xun Literature Prize.