Yan Lianke

Yan Lianke is a Chinese writer of novels and short stories based in Beijing. His novels include satirical works such as Serve the People!, Lenin's Kisses, and Dream of Ding Village, and some of his work has been banned in China. He has admitted to self-censorship while writing to avoid censorship, and he describes his experimental, surreal style as mythorealism. He won the Franz Kafka Prize in 2014 and has been shortlisted twice for the Man Booker International Prize.