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Portrait of Qiu Xiaolong Photo: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images (2014)

Qiu Xiaolong

Country/Region:
China, USA
Born:
1953
Genres:
Miscellaneous prose, Crime literature, Poetry
Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese author, poet, translator and scholar. He was born in Shanghai and grew up in post-revolution China. During the Cultural Revolution, when students were forced into the countryside to "learn from the peasants", Qiu remained in the city as he was often bedridden due to a respiratory problem. With nothing to do during long, tedious days he began to practice tai chi in the gardens along the Bund without getting anywhere until some other visitors to the park encouraged him to read books in English.

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