Zhao Mei, born in 1954 of Manchurian ethnicity, is a prominent figure in contemporary Chinese literature.
To date she has published 32 novels (including THE WOMEN OF OUR CLAN, THE GARDEN OF ETERNAL SUNSHINE, AUTUMN DIES UPON WINTER and SLOWLY AS THE WATER FLOWS) and 19 compilations of prose and essays (including AN OPEN BOOK, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, and A JOURNEY OF DESIRE). She has also explored television, having penned the script for an 80-episode series based on the life of famed silent film era starlet Ruan LingYu.
Many of Zhao Mei’s works focus on women’s issues. Her two trilogies, “the trilogy of modern love” (including LOVERS IN HEAVEN, THE GARDEN OF PURPLE LAVENDERS, and LOVE AT THE END OF THE CENTURY) and “the trilogy of the Imperial Tang Dynasty” (including EMPRESS WU ZETIAN, PRINCESS GAO YANG, and SHANG GUAN WAN’ER) have had a profound influence upon their audiences and women’s literature in China. These two trilogies are considered Zhao Mei’s pivotal works.
Zhao Mei’s work has gained critical acclaim in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and she has garnered some of the most prestigious literary awards in China, including the LuXun Literature Award and the Zhuang ZhongWen Literature Award. Her novel THE GARDEN OF ETERNAL SUNSHINE and essay compilation AN OPEN BOOK were the 1994 bestsellers.
Zhao Mei is the head of the Writers’ Creative Studio, managing director of the Writers’ Guild of Tianjin, member of the Culture Research Institute and is currently serving her second term in the National Peoples’ Congress of China.
In 1994, Zhao Mei was invited by the U.S. Government to participate in the “International Visitor Program,” an international cultural exchange. She has been a guest-lecturer at Beijing University, FuDan University, NanKai University, Tianjin University, and China Northwest Normal University.
To date she has published 32 novels (including THE WOMEN OF OUR CLAN, THE GARDEN OF ETERNAL SUNSHINE, AUTUMN DIES UPON WINTER and SLOWLY AS THE WATER FLOWS) and 19 compilations of prose and essays (including AN OPEN BOOK, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, and A JOURNEY OF DESIRE). She has also explored television, having penned the script for an 80-episode series based on the life of famed silent film era starlet Ruan LingYu.
Many of Zhao Mei’s works focus on women’s issues. Her two trilogies, “the trilogy of modern love” (including LOVERS IN HEAVEN, THE GARDEN OF PURPLE LAVENDERS, and LOVE AT THE END OF THE CENTURY) and “the trilogy of the Imperial Tang Dynasty” (including EMPRESS WU ZETIAN, PRINCESS GAO YANG, and SHANG GUAN WAN’ER) have had a profound influence upon their audiences and women’s literature in China. These two trilogies are considered Zhao Mei’s pivotal works.
Zhao Mei’s work has gained critical acclaim in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and she has garnered some of the most prestigious literary awards in China, including the LuXun Literature Award and the Zhuang ZhongWen Literature Award. Her novel THE GARDEN OF ETERNAL SUNSHINE and essay compilation AN OPEN BOOK were the 1994 bestsellers.
Zhao Mei is the head of the Writers’ Creative Studio, managing director of the Writers’ Guild of Tianjin, member of the Culture Research Institute and is currently serving her second term in the National Peoples’ Congress of China.
In 1994, Zhao Mei was invited by the U.S. Government to participate in the “International Visitor Program,” an international cultural exchange. She has been a guest-lecturer at Beijing University, FuDan University, NanKai University, Tianjin University, and China Northwest Normal University.
赵玫，满族，1954年生于天津，1982年毕业于南开大学中文系，现任天津市作家协会党组成员，第十届、第十一届全国人大代表，天津市人大代表，天津市文史研究馆馆员，中国作家协会全国委员会委员，天津市文学创作高级职称评审委员会评委，一级作家，国务院特殊津贴获得者。
1986年开始发表作品，迄今已出版《我们家族的女人》、《朗园》、《武则天》、《高阳公主》、《上官婉儿》、《秋天死于冬季》、《漫随流水》等长篇小说23部，《太阳峡谷》、《岁月如歌》、《我的灵魂不起舞》等中短篇小说集6部，《一本打开的书》、《从这里到永恒》、《欲望旅程》、《左岸 左岸》、《戴着镣铐的舞蹈》等散文随笔集18部，《赵玫文集》、《赵玫作品集》8部，《阮玲玉》等电视剧本80余集，计800余万字。曾获第四、第五届全国少数民族文学创作奖。1993年获中国作家协会“庄重文文学奖”。1994年应美国政府邀请赴美参加“国际访问者计划”。1998年获全国首届鲁迅文学奖。2002年获天津市首届青年作家创作奖。2009年获第三届中国女性文学奖。2009年长篇小说《漫随流水》获江苏省“五个一工程奖”。
赵玫的作品真切感人，深邃幽远，其独具特色的心灵剖白方式和贯穿写作过程的浓郁抒情性，以及她挚爱生活的人文情怀，赋予了作品独特的文学张力和广阔的心灵视野。赵玫始终不倦地进行文体实验和语言、结构的创新，酷爱读书，勤于思索，其大量文学理论文章发表后皆引起关注，评论界因之评价赵玫是一位具有独特风格的学者型作家。近年来，曾先后在北京大学、复旦大学、南开大学、天津大学、中国海洋大学、天津外国语大学、西南师范大学等高等学府举行文学讲座。
1986年开始发表作品，迄今已出版《我们家族的女人》、《朗园》、《武则天》、《高阳公主》、《上官婉儿》、《秋天死于冬季》、《漫随流水》等长篇小说23部，《太阳峡谷》、《岁月如歌》、《我的灵魂不起舞》等中短篇小说集6部，《一本打开的书》、《从这里到永恒》、《欲望旅程》、《左岸 左岸》、《戴着镣铐的舞蹈》等散文随笔集18部，《赵玫文集》、《赵玫作品集》8部，《阮玲玉》等电视剧本80余集，计800余万字。曾获第四、第五届全国少数民族文学创作奖。1993年获中国作家协会“庄重文文学奖”。1994年应美国政府邀请赴美参加“国际访问者计划”。1998年获全国首届鲁迅文学奖。2002年获天津市首届青年作家创作奖。2009年获第三届中国女性文学奖。2009年长篇小说《漫随流水》获江苏省“五个一工程奖”。
赵玫的作品真切感人，深邃幽远，其独具特色的心灵剖白方式和贯穿写作过程的浓郁抒情性，以及她挚爱生活的人文情怀，赋予了作品独特的文学张力和广阔的心灵视野。赵玫始终不倦地进行文体实验和语言、结构的创新，酷爱读书，勤于思索，其大量文学理论文章发表后皆引起关注，评论界因之评价赵玫是一位具有独特风格的学者型作家。近年来，曾先后在北京大学、复旦大学、南开大学、天津大学、中国海洋大学、天津外国语大学、西南师范大学等高等学府举行文学讲座。
