Writing Manchuria

Writing Manchuria details the lives and translates a selection of fiction from one of the mid-twentieth century's "four famous husband-wife writers" of China's Northeast, who lived in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo: Li Zhengzhong (1921-2020) and Zhu Ti (1923-2012).

Norman Smith is a professor of History at the University of Guelph. His research focuses on the modern history of China's Northeast/Manchuria. His books include two monographs, Resisting Manchukuo (2007) and Intoxicating Manchuria (2012), and nine edited volumes. His research has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Russian.

Part One: Lives and Literature / Part Two: A Gender Questioner: Zhu Ti's Fiction / Part Three: An Angry Youth: Li Zhengzhong's Fiction