Su Tong

Chinese writer Su Tong wins Asia's top literary prize By James Pomfret James Pomfret - 48 mins ago HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese writer Su Tong has won Asia's top literary prize with a bleak novel about a disgraced Communist Party...

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...the Red Lantern" author wins Asian book prize (AFP) "Raise the Red Lantern" author wins Asian book prize AFP - Author Su Tong poses for photos after his book "The Boat to Redemption" was awarded the third-annual … 29 mins ago

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Su Tong said he was more famous for not winning prizes The story of a disgraced Communist party official who makes a new life with a community of boat people has won the Man Asian Literary Prize. Su Tong was awarded GBP10,000 at a...

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...Red Lantern" has won a major Asian literary prize with his latest novel, set during the Cultural Revolution, organisers said Tuesday. Su Tong's "The Boat to Redemption" was awarded the third-annual Man Asian Literary Prize, which is open...

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...co-produced film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaption by Ni Zhen of the 1990 novel Wives and Concubines by Su Tong. The film was later adapted into an acclaimed ballet of the same title by the National Ballet...

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Su Tong ( b. 1963) is the pen name of a Mainland Chinese writer born in Suzhou and now based in Nanjing. His real name is Tong Zhonggui (童忠贵). He is best known for his book Wives and Concubines in the West, published in 1990. The book was...

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Wives and Concubines (妻妾成群) is a novel by Su Tong that describes a college girl whose mind is broken by the concubine system in 1930s China. It was made into a film in 1991 by Zhang Yimou. It has since been republished in the United States...

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...publish 100. The three latest titles were published in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2007: Binu and the Great Wall by Su Tong, Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith, and Where Three Roads Meet by Salley Vickers. Instalments in the series are...

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Jasmine Women () is a 2004 film, adapted from Su Tong's novel called Funu Shenghuo which means The Lives of Women. It is directed by Hou Yong, formerly a well known cinematographer. Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of...

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