Xi Xi

Wong Nim-yan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.4.2: Hong Kong, Singaporean, Malaysian and Myanmar Writing and Culture.

Dates

Born 1938
Activity 1960-ongoing

Places

Born in China
Active in Hong Kong

Activities

Primary

Essayist
Journalist
Poet

Resources

Zhang's Works

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Xi Xi (pronounced “She She”) is widely acknowledged as one of the leading writers of Hong Kong literature and one of its few full time writers. Her expertise at managing various genres and the broad range of interests in cinema, painting, music, architecture and football (Xi Xi's father was a famous coach in a Hong Kong A-league football team) in her works have gained her high respect from critics and readers alike.

Xi Xi is an endlessly creative artist who finds a childlike pleasure in writing, as shown in her choice of pen-name. Though Xi Xi has used several pen-names, from the mid-1970s onwards she has published most of her fiction under the name of Xi Xi, and all her collected works are published under this name. The word xi in Chinese literally means “west”, but the author

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Citation: Nim-yan, Wong. "Xi Xi". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 September 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11823, accessed 25 November 2024.]