Xu Kun

Xu Kun (born 1965) is a Chinese postmodern fiction writer based in Beijing. She is currently the chief editor of literary journal Fiction Selections. She was born in Shenyang and holds a Ph.D. in literature from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Liaoning University. Her first book Kitchen received the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2000. Other titles include My Beloved Comrade (1999), Last Tango in the Square One Midsummer Night (2005) and Visa Cancelling (2006)