Ye Zhaoyan (葉兆言) was born in Nanjing in 1957. He came to literary prominence in the early 1980s.

Ye Zhaoyan was born in Nanjing in 1957. After graduating from high school in 1974, Ye worked as a fitter in a factory for four years. Afterwards, he was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Nanjing University. He gained his master's degree there in 1986.

Ye Zhaoyan came to literary prominence in the early 1980s. He has written a total of some 5 million words. His major works include the seven-volume set of "Selections from Ye Zhaoyan (Ye Zhaoyan wenji)," "Ye Zhaoyan Collected Works (Ye Zhaoyan zuopin zixuanji)" and several other selections.

His full-length novels include "Nanjing 1937: A Love Story (Yijiusanqinian de aiqing)," "Flower Demon (Huasha)," "Other People's Love Stories (Bieren de aiqing)," "No glass greenhouse (Meiyou boli de huafang)" and "Our Stubborn Hearts (Women de xin duome wangu)."

Ye's prose collections include "Wandering the Night (Liulang zhi ye)," "Old Nanjing: Reflections of Scenes on the Qinhuai River (Jiuying qinghuai)," "Ye Zhaoyan's Wonderful Essays (Ye Zhaoyan juemiao xiaopinwen)," "Ye Zhaoyan Prose (Ye Zhaoyan sanwen)," and "Miscellaneous Peanut Tree (Za huashengshu)."

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