Yi

Born in Bern, Switzerland in 1955, where he lived while his parents were posted by the Chinese Embassy there, Yang Lian grew up in Beijing. He began writing when he was sent to the countryside in the 1970s, and upon his return to Beijing cofounded the influential literary magazine Jintian (Today). His work was banned in China in 1983, and he has since lived in exile as a citizen of New Zealand. After periods of time in Australia, Germany and the United States, he has settled in London Mabel Lee is the noted translator of the Nobel prize-winning author Gao Xingjian's Soul Mountain. She lives in AustraliaLian, Yang is the author of 'Yi', published 2002 under ISBN 9781892295682 and ISBN 1892295687.