Yang Zhijun

杨志军

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Born| May 1955

Xining,Qinghai

Nationality| Chinese
Citizenship| China
Occupation| Author

Yang Zhijun (Simplified Chinese characters: 杨志军; Traditional Chinese characters:楊志軍; born May 1955) is a contemporary Chinese author and a native of Xining, Qinghai.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 1.1 Literary career
* 2 Works
* 2.1 Chinese titles
* 2.2 Children's titles (Chinese)
* 2.3 Translated English titles
* 2.4 Adapted Works
* 2.4.1 Film
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Biography[edit]

### Literary career[edit]

Yang was born in Xining, Qinghai Province, in May 1955. He first rose to prominence in 1987, when his debut novel, The Collapse Around the Lake (环湖崩溃), won China's Contemporary Literature Award. He would follow up on this success the following year, by winning China's National Literary Newcomer Award for his Novel, The Sea Retreats Yesterday (海昨天退去). He was also nominated for the prestigious Mao Dun Literature Prize>.

Yang has been acclaimed for telling the story of the Tibetan highlands and its legendary Mastiff. His 2005 novel, Tibetan Mastiff, was a national bestseller, and sparked China's fascination with Tibetan culture. It would later be adapted into the animated film The Tibetan Dog|The Tibetan Dog, first screened at France's Annecy International Animation Film Festival|Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2011. Yang's first English translated title, Mastiffs of the Plateau, translated by Jiang Lin was published in 2018.

He has also written a collection of children's novels, including his highly successful The Last Tibetan Mastiff King (最后的藏獒王) series. In 2021, his novel, The Chidren of Bayan Har Mountain (巴彦哈拉山的孩子) won the National Award for Outstanding Children's Literature.

## Works[edit]

### Chinese titles[edit]

* 环湖崩溃(The Collapse Around the Lake) (1987)[1]
* 海昨天退去 (The Sea Retreats Yesterday) (1988)[2]
* 失去男根的亚当 (Adam Who Lost His Male Roots) (1994)[3]
* 江河源隐秘春秋(The Secret Spring and Autumn at the Source of the River) (1994)[4]
* 无人部落 (Unnamed Tribe) (2001)[5]
* 大祈祷 (The Great Prayer) (2002)[6]
* 亡命行迹 (Desperate Behaviour) (2002)[7]
* 高原大劫史(The History of Plateau Catastrophe) (2004)[8]
* 藏獒 (Tibetan Mastiff) (2005)[9]
* 敲响人头鼓 (Beat the Head Drum) (2006)[10]
* 远去的藏獒 (The Distant Tibetan Mastiff) (2006)[11]
* 藏獒二 (Tibetan Mastiff II) (2007)[12]
* 藏獒三 (Tibetan Mastiff III) (2008)[13]
* 伏藏 (Terma) (2010)[14]
* 原野藏獒 (The Wild Tibetan Mastiff) (2010)[15]
* 大悲原 (Mercy) (2011)[16]
* 骆驼 (Camel) (2012)[17]
* 无岸的海(The Sea Without Shore) (2018)[18]
* 十万嘛呢 (One Hundred Thousand Men) (2019)[19]
* 藏獒不是狗 (The Tibetan Mastiff is not a Dog) (2020)[20]
* 最后的农民工 (The Last Migrant Workers) (2021)[21]

### Children's titles (Chinese)[edit]

* 獒王歸來 (Return of the Mastiff King) (2015)[22]
* 最后的獒王Ⅰ: 獒王和七个孩子 (The Last Tibetan Mastiff King I: The Mastiff King and Seven Children) (2017)[23]
* 最后的獒王二世: 獒狼血战 (The Last Tibetan Mastiff King II: A Bloody War Between Mastiff and Wolf) (2017)[24]
* 最后的藏獒王三世: 雪域忠魂 (The Last Tibetan Mastiff King III: The Loyal Soul in the Snow Land) (2017)[25]
* 海底隧道 (Undersea Tunnel) (2017)[26]
* 巴颜喀拉山的孩子 (Children of Bayan Har Mountain) (2021)[27]

### Translated English titles[edit]

* Mastiffs of the Plateau (Translated by Jiang Lin) (2018)[28]

### Adapted Works[edit]

#### Film[edit]

* The Tibetan Dog (2011)

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (1987). 环湖崩溃 (The Collapse Around the Lake). Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House. ISBN 9787020058624.
2. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (1988). 海昨天退去 (The Sea Retreats Yesterday).
3. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (1994). 失去男根的亚当 (Adam Who Lost His Male Roots). Zhejiang: Zhejiang. ISBN 9787533928384.
4. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (1994). 江河源隐秘春秋 (The Secret Spring and Autumn at the Source of the River). Dunhuang: Dunhuang Literature and Art Publishing House. ISBN 9787805872285.
5. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2001). 无人部落(Unnamed Tribe). Beijing: Workers Publishing House.
6. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2002). 大祈祷(The Great Prayer). Beijing: China Workers Publishing House. ISBN 9787500826682.
7. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2002). 亡命行迹 (Desperate Behaviour). Beijing: China Workers Publishing House. ISBN 9787500826750.
8. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2004). 高原大劫史 (The History of Plateau Catastrophe). Beijing: China Workers Publishing House. ISBN 9787500831624.
9. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2005). 藏獒 (Tibetan Mastiff). Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House. ISBN 9787020052783.
10. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2006). 敲响人头鼓 (Beat the Head Drum). Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House. ISBN 9787020053445.
11. ↑ Zhijun, Yang. 远去的藏獒 (The Distant Tibetan Mastiff)date=2006. China: Oriental Publishing House. ISBN 7801864158.
12. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2007). 藏獒二 (Tibetan Mastiff II). Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-020-05863-1.
13. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2008). 藏獒三 (Tibetan Mastiff III). Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House. ISBN 9787020062997.
14. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2010). 伏藏 (Terma).
15. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2010). 原野藏獒(The Wild Tibetan Mastiff). Jiangsu: Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House. ISBN 9787539939988.
16. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2011). 大悲原 (Mercy). Beijing: Kyushu Press. ISBN 9787510808838.
17. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2012). 骆驼 (Camel). China: Chenguang Publishing House. ISBN 9787533268824.
18. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2018). 无岸的海(The Sea Without Shore). Beijing: Beijing United Publishing Company. ISBN 9787559624048.
19. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2019). 十万嘛呢 (One Hundred Thousand Men).
20. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2020). 藏獒不是狗 (The Tibetan Mastiff is not a Dog). Qinghai: Qinghai People's Publishing House. ISBN 9787225060088.
21. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2021). 最后的农民工 (The Last Migrant Workers). China: Writers Publishing House. ISBN 9787521213058.
22. ↑ {{Cite book|last=Zhijun|first=Yang|title=獒王歸來 (Return of the Mastiff King)
23. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2017). 最后的獒王Ⅰ: 獒王和七个孩子(The Last Tibetan Mastiff King I: The Mastiff King and Seven Children). Zhejiang: Zhejiang Children's and Juvenile Publishing House. ISBN 978-7559703408.
24. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2017). 最后的獒王二世: 獒狼血战(The Last Tibetan Mastiff King II: A Bloody War Between Mastiff and Wolf). Zhejiang: Zhejiang Children's and Juvenile Publishing House. ISBN 978-7559703415.
25. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2017). 最后的藏獒王三世：雪域忠魂(The Last Tibetan Mastiff King III: The Loyal Soul in the Snow Land). Zhejiang: Zhejiang Children's and Juvenile Publishing House. ISBN 978-7559703422.
26. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2017). 海底隧道 (Undersea Tunnel). China: Daylight Publishing House. ISBN 978-7501611973.
27. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2021). 巴颜喀拉山的孩子 (Children of Bayan Har Mountain). Nanchang: 21st Century Publishing House. ISBN 978-7556838448.
28. ↑ Zhijun, Yang (2018). Mastiffs of the Plateau. Translated by Lin, Jiang. Horsham: Sinoist Books. ISBN 9781910760376.

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