Fang Fang

Fang Fang
Fang Fang
Native name	方方
Born	Wang Fang (汪芳); May 11, 1955 (age 69); Nanjing, China
Occupation	Writer
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Wuhan University
Years active	1982–present
Notable works	Feng Shui (万箭穿心); Bare Burial (软埋); Wuhan Diary
Notable awards	Lu Xun Literary Prize
Chinese name
Chinese	方方
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fāng Fāng

Fang Fang (Chinese: 方方), pen name of Wang Fang (汪芳; born 11 May 1955), is a Chinese writer, known for her literary depictions of the working poor. She won the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2010. Born in Nanjing, she attended Wuhan University in 1978 to study Chinese. In 1975, she began to write poetry and in 1982, her first novel was published. She has since written several novels, some of which have been honored by Chinese national-level literary prizes.^[1] Fang garnered international attention for her Wuhan Diary, documenting the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, and has used her platform to call for an end to internet censorship in China.^[2]

^ Sina.com, Article on Fang Fang (in Chinese, Google English translation)
^ Kiki Zhao (14 February 2020). "The Coronavirus Story Is Too Big for China to Spin". The New York Times.

[1] Sina.com, Article on Fang Fang (in Chinese, Google English translation)

[2] Kiki Zhao (14 February 2020). "The Coronavirus Story Is Too Big for China to Spin". The New York Times.

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