Zhang Yueran author biography, plus links to books by Zhang Yueran.

Zhang Yueran

Zhang Yueran's last novel, Cocoon, has been translated into several languages. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Book Prize 2019 and won the Best Asian Novel of the Prix Transfuge 2019. It was voted one of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2022. Zhang lives in Beijing and teaches literature and creative writing at Renmin University.

This biography was last updated on 08/12/2025.

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