Biography
As a renowned Chinese novelist born in the 1970s, LU Min won the Lu Xun Literary Award with her novella Accompanying the Feast. She has also won the Chinese Writers Award, the Chinese Novel Biennale Award, and the Readers’ Choice Award. Her novel Dinner for Six People was made into a movie with the same title. She is currently working as vice-chair of the Jiangsu Province Writers’ Association and has served as head of the Creative Research Institute, vice-chair of the Nanjing City Writers’ Association, and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese Writers’ Association. So far, she has published approximately 40 short and medium-length stories and novels. Many of her early works depicted the diseases people have inside their minds and the darkness of society through the most ordinary people and the most familiar lifestyles in everyday life. However, her works shedding light on the values of ordinary people and everyday life are currently standing out. She is an associate professor of the Department of Literature.