WRITER

Yiyun Li

1972 - Today

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Yiyun Li (Chinese: 李翊雲 - Li Yiyun) (born November 4, 1972) is a Chinese-born writer and professor who has lived and worked in the United States since entering graduate school. She writes exclusively in English. Her short stories and novels have won several awards, including the PEN/Hemingway Award and Guardian First Book Award for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Where Reasons End, and the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for The Book of Goose. Her short story collection Wednesday's Child was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Yiyun Li is the 7,090th most popular writer (down from 6,848th in 2024), the 1,217th most popular biography from China (down from 1,138th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yiyun Li ranks 7,090 out of 7,302. Before her are Tetiana Chornovol, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, Ruta Sepetys, Kateryna Kalytko, and Nicolas Mathieu. After her are Joseph Finder, Cleanth Brooks, Peter Hedges, Bharati Mukherjee, François Bégaudeau, and Dennis Potter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Yiyun Li ranks 863. Before her are Joey McIntyre, Giovanni Tedesco, Persia White, Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, Daniel Šarić, and Isabel Fernández. After her are Jocelyn Gourvennec, Jennifer Hale, Viorel Talapan, Đovani Roso, Bang Soo-hyun, and Naomi Shindō.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yiyun Li ranks 1,217 out of 1,610. Before her are Zhou Jihong (1965), Bi Feiyu (null), Li Yongbo (1962), Danny Lee (null), Wang Quan'an (1965), and Ningning (2002). After her are Zhang Xiaoguang (1966), Qin Dongya (1978), Wang Zhizhi (1977), Chen Weixing (1972), Wu Minxia (1985), and Yang Huiyan (1981).

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    Zhou Jihong

    ATHLETE

    1965 - Present

    HPI: 45.28

    Rank: 1,211

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    Bi Feiyu

    WRITER

    HPI: 45.23

    Rank: 1,212

  • Photo of Li Yongbo

    Li Yongbo

    BADMINTON PLAYER

    1962 - Present

    HPI: 45.17

    Rank: 1,213

  • Photo of Danny Lee

    Danny Lee

    ATHLETE

    HPI: 45.16

    Rank: 1,214

  • Photo of Wang Quan'an

    Wang Quan'an

    FILM DIRECTOR

    1965 - Present

    HPI: 45.09

    Rank: 1,215

  • Photo of Ningning

    Ningning

    SINGER

    2002 - Present

    HPI: 45.08

    Rank: 1,216

  • Photo of Yiyun Li

    Yiyun Li

    WRITER

    1972 - Present

    HPI: 45.08

    Rank: 1,217

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    Zhang Xiaoguang

    ASTRONAUT

    1966 - Present

    HPI: 45.08

    Rank: 1,218

  • Photo of Qin Dongya

    Qin Dongya

    ATHLETE

    1978 - Present

    HPI: 45.02

    Rank: 1,219

  • Photo of Wang Zhizhi

    Wang Zhizhi

    BASKETBALL PLAYER

    1977 - Present

    HPI: 45.01

    Rank: 1,220

  • Photo of Chen Weixing

    Chen Weixing

    TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

    1972 - Present

    HPI: 44.95

    Rank: 1,221

  • Photo of Wu Minxia

    Wu Minxia

    ATHLETE

    1985 - Present

    HPI: 44.92

    Rank: 1,222

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    Yang Huiyan

    BUSINESSPERSON

    1981 - Present

    HPI: 44.92

    Rank: 1,223

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Yiyun Li ranks 128. Before her are Chen Danqing (1953), Tie Ning (1957), Woeser (1966), Wei Hui (1973), Ken Liu (1976), and Bi Feiyu (null). After her are Chen Ran (1962), Han Han (1982), Shi Tao (1968), Hao Jingfang (1984), Xia Jia (1984), and R. F. Kuang (1996).

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