Fang Dai

Fang Dai was born in Shanghai and graduated from high school during the Cultural Revolution. He received a BA in Chinese Language and Literature from East China Normal University and an MA and PhD in comparative literature from the University of Michigan. He has had three novels—The Third Desire (1998), The Curtain of Night (1998), and Boasters’ Room 303 (1991)—and several stories published in the People’s Republic of China. With Edward Morin and Dennis Ding, he co-translated The Red Azalea: Chinese Poetry since the Cultural Revolution. He has been a visiting assistant professor of Chinese at the University of British Columbia and the University of Oregon. Currently he is an Associate Professor of Chinese at Hunter College in New York City.