Shuang Xuetao 双雪涛 at Leeds
- Date
- Wednesday 17 September 2025, 2pm
- Location
- Clothworkers Cinema
- Category
- Talk
In association with Granta literary magazine, we're very excited to be welcoming renowned Chinese author Shuang Xuetao 双雪涛 to Leeds, to talk about his writing and the screen adaptations of his work.
Shuang is one of a group of contemporary writers from the North East of China whose work has received plaudits and acclaim. His story 'Hunter', translated by Jeremy Tiang, was featured in Granta's 'China Issue' last year, which brought together key authors making waves in China today. (You can read more about this, as well as the story, in our December 2024 Bookclub feature).
More details about this event coming soon!
Shuang Xuetao is one of the most highly celebrated young Chinese writers. Born in 1983 in the city of Shenyang, Shuang has written six volumes of fiction, for which he has won the Blossoms Literary Prize, the Wang Zengqi Short Story Prize, and, most recently, the Blancpain-Imaginist Literary Prize for the best Chinese writer under forty-five. His short stories and novellas, including “Moses on the Plain,” have been adapted into major television productions and feature films. Rouge Street, translated by Jeremy Tiang, was his first book to appear in English. Shuang lives in Beijing.
Bio from Macmillan Publishers