Writers from the 1980s: A Golden Generation Tarnished – Zhang Rui and Chris Dalby

From China.org:

Jiang Fangzhou, born in 1989, published her first novel Rainbow Rider last year. In an interview, she rejected the label of “post-1980s writers,” which she saw as a “scandalous” name.

The “post-1980s writers” is a specific phrase in China describing the group of literature rookies born in the 1980s and who have written some real gems in recent years. However, this group of writers has come under attack by critics and older writers due to their overnight fame and fortune. Of course any hint of jealousy would be vehemently denied, and replaced with accusations of producing low-quality books to make a quick buck. The situation is also worsened by the presence on the market of several copycats….[Full Text]

Photo: Han Han (up left and his blog here), Teddy Carey (up right), An Yiru (down left and blog here), and Guo Jingming (down right and blog here).