Description
Liu Renqian, also known by his pen names Liu Xianghe and Owner of the Melon
Shed, a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, is now a member of the China Writers
Association and an honorary member of the North American Los Angeles Chinese
Writers Association. He holds the fi rst-level qualifi cation in literary creation, and, as the
honorary chairman of the Taizhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Writers
Association, as well as a guest professor at Taizhou University. To date, Liu Renqian
has published over 4 million words of works in various literary journals such as
People’s Literature, Chinese Writers, Master Writer, The Ends of the Earth, Zhongshan,
Yellow River, West, Rain Flowers, Shandong Literature, Anhui Literature, North, Hunan
Literature, and Changjiang Series. He has received numerous literary awards, including
the National Youth Literature Award, the Shi Naian Literature Award, the Wang Zengqi
Literature Award, the Contemporary Chinese Fiction Award, and the Zijin Mountain
Literature Award. He has written the trilogy Xianghe, the story collection False Media,
Chronicles of Xianghe, Xianghe Quartet, and essay collections like The Lifelong Ring
of Life, Scenery of the Chu River, and Falling in Love with the Distance. He has also
edited multiple volumes of the series Writers of the Lixiahe Literary School. His novel
Xianghe, often compared to the Lixiahe version of The Border Town, was adapted into
a movie of the same name in June 2017, earning numerous international awards. In
September 2021, the English translation of Xianghe was published. In September 2023,
the English translation of the trilogy Xianghe was also released.
