卫慧

周卫慧（1973年1月4日—），笔名卫慧，是中国当代“晚生代”代表作家，浙江余姚人。现居纽约和上海。

简介

1973年1月4日，生于浙江省余姚，儿童少年时期在普陀山等地度过。1990年，南昌陆军学院军训一年。1995年，毕业于上海复旦大学中文系。曾为记者，编辑，电台主持人等。2001年前往美国后来2007年又回到中国，其曾结婚，后来离异，有子女，后来又成为一名心灵工作者。

作品

作品曾被翻译成31种文字出版。

《蝴蝶的尖叫》

《艾夏》

《黑夜温柔》

《纸戒指》

《陌生人说话》

《像卫慧那样疯狂》

《水中的处女》

《欲望手枪》

《上海宝贝》（1999年）（被禁）

《我的禅》（2005年）

《狗爸爸》（2007年）

Zhou Wei Hui (Chinese: 周卫慧; born 4 January 1973), known simply by her Chinese given name Wei Hui, is a Chinese novelist, living and working in Shanghai and New York City. Her novel Shanghai Baby (上海宝贝) (1999) was banned in the People's Republic of China as "decadent". Her latest novel Marrying Buddha (我的禅) (2005) was censored, modified and published in China under a modified title. She is often associated with Mian Mian, another slightly older member of the "New Generation".

Early life and education

Zhou Weihui, known in English as Wei Hui, studied Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University in Shanghai, after a year of military training.

Career

Her first short story was published at the age of 21. Her first novel Shanghai Baby, was a local bestseller in Shanghai. Soon after its publication, Shanghai Baby was banned by the Chinese government because of the novel's explicit sexual scenes and bold portrait of China's new generation. The publishing house that published the novel was temporarily closed for 3 months. Shanghai Baby was published overseas where it became an international bestseller. Shanghai Baby has been translated into 34 different languages and has sold over six million copies in 45 countries, more than any other work of Chinese contemporary literature. A German film adaptation of Shanghai Baby starring Bai Ling was released in 2007, but has not been released outside of film festivals.

Marrying Buddha, Wei's second novel and a sequel to Shanghai Baby, was published in 2005 and became another international bestseller. Like Shanghai Baby, the novel is again narrated by Coco. Coco is described by Wei as a 'representative of socially and sexually liberated Chinese young women'. Marrying Buddha continues Coco's journey of self-discovery in terms of her sexuality.

Published works

Shanghai Baby

Marrying Buddha

The Shriek of the Butterfly

Virgin in the Water

Crazy Like Weihui

Desire Pistol

Influence

Wei Hui has been regarded by international media as a spokeswoman of the new generation of Chinese young women. She has presented her work in a large number of East Asian and Western media outlets and publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, CNN, USA Today, the BBC, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Economist, Stern, Welt am Sonntag, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Asahi Shimbun, NHK and Yomiuri Shimbun.