Chinese Literature (magazine)

Chinese Literature, in some years Chinese Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Art, was an English-language literary magazine of Chinese literature in translation. It was founded in 1951^[1] by Yeh Chun-chan (叶君健), Sidney Shapiro, Yang Xianyi, and Gladys Yang.^[2] The headquarters was in Beijing.^[1] In 1956, Chinese Literature was incorporated into the state-run Foreign Languages Press.^[3] Publication ceased in 2000, but newer contents appeared on its website for a time.^[4]

Chinese Literature

Categories	Chinese literature
First issue	1951
Final issue	2000
Company	Foreign Languages Press
Country	China
Based in	Beijing
ISSN	0009-4617

The magazine ran quarterly from 1951 to 1957, bimonthly in 1958, monthly from 1959 to 1983, quarterly from 1984 to 1999, and bimonthly in 2000. Over 2000 writers and artists were featured in the issues.^[5]

See also

• Pathlight (magazine)
• Renditions (magazine)

References

1. Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis Group. 2004. p. 1142. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
2. Ji Jing (22 January 2015). "Putting Down Roots in China". Beijing Review.
3. McKillop, Beth. "Yang Xianyi and the Foreign Languages Press, China's official publishing house". China Heritage Quarterly.
4. "About Us". chineseliterature.com.cn (website no longer valid). Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
5. (in Chinese)

External links

• Archived official site