Writing Lives: from China in the 1930s to Britain in the 2020s (Presentation with Nicky Harman)

Ling Shuhua 凌叔华 (1900-1990) and Life-Writing

Ling Shuhua, one of China’s earliest feminist authors, wrote powerful short stories in which women and girls grapple with feelings and dilemmas that we can empathise with, and which reach out to us over nearly a hundred years. This presentation, by the prolific translator of Chinese literature, Nicky Harman, will introduce the fascinating life and short stories of feminist writer Ling Shuhua. 

On registration, you will be sent a Ling Shuhua short story in Nicky Harman’s translation, and suggestions for further reading.

The presentation will be followed by a workshop, in which participants can try their hand at life-writing for themselves, under the guidance of an experienced tutor and successful (bilingual) author Yan Ge. Both sessions will be in English. If you'd like to book a place on both the presentation and the workshop, please reserve your spot here. (And please note that places on the workshop are limited!)

About the speaker: Nicky Harman is a prize-winning Chinese-to-English translator. She works on Paper-Republic.org, which promotes Chinese literature, blogs, teaches summer schools and judges translation competitions. She is working on a collection of Ling Shuhua’s short stories.

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