Ban Yu
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Occupationnovelist
Notable worksWinter Swim
Ban Yu | |
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 Ban Yu at the 2024 Hong Kong Book Fair | |
| Born | 1986 (age 39–40) |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Education | Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao |
| Notable works | Winter Swim |
| Notable awards | the 4th Mao Dun Newcomer Award、the 19th Hundred Flowers Literature Award for Short Stories |
Ban Yu (Chinese: 班宇; born 1986, in Shenyang) is a contemporary Chinese novelist. He is recognized as one of the "Three Masters of the Northeast Literary Revival" and a writer of the New Northeast Writers Group.[1][2] He graduated from Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao with a degree in computer science.
Born in 1986 in Workers' Village, Tiexi, Shenyang, Ban Yu studied computer science at Northeastern University's Qinhuangdao Branch from 2005 to 2009. After graduating, he worked as an editor at a publishing house until August 2020. In 2007, he began writing music reviews part-time for music magazines.[citation needed]
