| Date of Birth | 1972 | |
| Place of Birth |
Beijing (China) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Profession | Writer, Professor, Author | |
| Yiyun Li is a Chinese American writer. Her debut short story collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers won the 2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and her second collection Gold Boy, Emerald Girl was shortlisted for the same award. Her debut novel The Vagrants was shortlisted for the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She was named a 2010 MacArthur Fellow. She is an editor of Brooklyn-based literary magazine, A Public Space. | ||
Awards by Yiyun Li |
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