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Xu Xiaobin

Xu Xiaobin

Xu Xiaobin, born in 1953 into an intellectual family in Beijing, is a member of the China’s Writers Association. She spent nine years in the countryside and at a factory during the Cultural Revolution until 1978 when she entered the Chinese... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. My motto is: Honesty doesn’t hang on the printed word, nor beauty on powder and paint.
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My life in 8 words: "Free/reserved; beautiful/regretful; loving/lonely; ingenuous/sensitive"
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. My motto is: Honesty doesn’t hang on the printed word, nor beauty on powder and paint. Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. To be misunderstood by friends. Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Xue Pan, a character in Dream of the Red Chamber. Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. Being the first, and a Chinese, writer to be published in Simon & Schuster’s new world literature series, Atria International Imprint. Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. Seeing the letters and magazines on my desk that I will never finish reading. Learn more about Xu Xiaobin