Ma Pinglai was born in Beijing in 1953. On leaving school aged 16, he spent six years in the military in Inner Mongolia. He returned to Beijing in 1975, where he worked in a factory and then took on various teaching jobs before setting up his own business in the mid-1980s after China had launched its reform and opening-up policy. Today he is one of China’s most acclaimed authors and a member of the Beijing Writers’ Association. The Elm Tree won the prestigious Lao She Literary Award for Outstanding Long-form Novels in 2014.
Books by this author
In alphabetical order
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The Elm Tree (Volume 1): Seeds of Change
Author Ma Pinglai Original Chinese Name 满树榆钱儿 Translator James Trapp Original Chinese Name 满树榆钱儿 -
The Elm Tree (Volume 2): Winds of Autumn
Author Ma Pinglai Original Chinese Name 满树榆钱续 Translator James Trapp Original Chinese Name 满树榆钱续