Wu, Qingyun

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WU, Qingyun

WU, Qingyun. (Edna Wu). Chinese, b. 1950. Genres: Translations, Novels, Literary criticism and history. Career: Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, lecturer in English, 1978-85; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, lecturer in Chinese, 1987-90; University of Texas at Austin, lecturer in Chinese, 1990-91; California State University, Los Angeles, associate professor of Chinese, 1991-, director of Chinese Studies Center, and coordinator of Chinese Program. Publications: Clouds and Rain: A China-to-America Memoir (novel), 1994; Female Rule in Chinese and English Literary Utopias, 1995. TRANSLATOR: (with Shi Tianting) K. Graham, Liushu Fengsheng (title means: The Wind in the Willows), 1985; Nuowei Tonghua Xuan (title means: Norwegian Fairy Tales), 1986; E.R. Burroughs, Renyuan Taishan (title means: Tarzan of the Apes), 1987; (with T. Beebee) Bai Hua, The Remote Country of Women (novel), 1994. Contributor of articles and translations to periodicals. Address: Chinese Studies Center, California State University, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032, U.S.A. On- line address: [email protected]