殷德杰

Yin Dejie is an author about whom little public information is available. Four of his works are held in the collection, spanning two categories: essays and miscellaneous writings, and social novels. Judging from his representative titles, both Lao Nanyang: Enduring Ancient Charm and Lao Nanyang: Vague Old Matters take "old Nanyang" as their theme, suggesting essayistic writing that recalls local scenery and customs and retrieves past people and events, in a tone likely nostalgic and documentary. Our Shore and Stringless are classified as social novels, turning to real life and social relationships. As no reliable records of his birth and death dates, nationality, education, or career are available, his biographical details remain unknown and should not be guessed. Based on the existing titles alone, Yin Dejie's writing combines the preservation of local memory with fiction, in a plain style concerned with everyday and rural experience; his output is modest yet spans both essays and novels. Readers may regard him as a writer who preserves local history in essays and observes social life through fiction, and his works offer some reference value for understanding the old character of Nanyang.