Ye Zhaoyan: Selected Works of Contemporary Chinese Writers Series

Author: Ye Zhaoyan
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: It's quite unclear how I ended up becoming a writer. At the age of forty, when I look back, I still don't understand why I became a writer. I never respected writers growing up. The education I received from my family was that you could do anything when you grew up, except one thing: don't write, don't become a writer. However, Ye Zhaoyan has always regarded writing as a way of life. If there's a goal, Ye Zhaoyan hopes to keep writing endlessly, and he yearns for this ability far more than he yearns for success. As the descendant of a famous family, Ye Zhaoyan feels awkward and under immense pressure. His grandfather, Ye Shengtao, did not encourage his father to become a writer, and his father, Ye Zhicheng, did not encourage Ye Zhaoyan to become a writer, but in the end, Ye Zhaoyan still chose to become a writer. Although some critics claim that Ye Zhaoyan's talent will be overshadowed by tradition, Ye Zhaoyan is still working hard to prove his talent to the world with his own strength. Whether there will be a day when he runs out of inspiration or not, Ye Zhaoyan has been writing nonstop. From early works like The Story of the Jujube Tree and Love in 1637 to recent ones like A Glassless Greenhouse and the newly released Our Hearts Are So Stubborn, Ye Zhaoyan has repeatedly surpassed himself. Ye Zhaoyan has always regarded writing as a way of life. If there's a goal, Ye Zhaoyan hopes to keep writing endlessly, and he yearns for this ability far more than he yearns for success.