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Yiyun Li selected as Granta Best Of Young American Novelist
May, 2007
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers chosen as Slate Best Book of 2006 December 7, 2006
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers won Guardian First Book Award 2006 December 6, 2006
Yiyun Li won 2006 Whiting Writers' Awards October 26, 2006
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is shortlisted for Orange Award for New Writers May 3, 2006
Yiyun Li as a guest at Border Talk, PBS May 3, 2006
Yiyun Li was honored as the 2006 recipient of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a distinguished first book of fiction for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers March 6, 2006
Yiyun is among the finalists for the Kiriyama Prize February 28, 2006
Yiyun Li's story will be read in Peter Norton Symphony Space March 8, 2006
Profile: TIME Asia February 27, 2006
Profile: The Scotsman February 11, 2006
AFTER A LIFE by Mills professor Yiyun Li named a Best American Short Story of 2006 February , 2006
Yiyun Li will attend 2006 World Voices Festival April, 2006
Writer Yiyun Li's Petition for Residency Denied on Appeal February 3, 2006
Yiyun Li was awarded a residency fellowship from Lannan Foundation Janurary, 2006
Profile: The Washington Post December 21, 2005
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is among San Francisco Chronicle's Best books of the year December 18, 2005
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is among The Christian Science Monitor's Best Fiction 2005 November 29, 2005
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is among The December 2005 Book Sense Picks November 03, 2005
Yiyun Li Wins Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award September 25, 2005
The largest short story prize in the world, the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
sponsored by O’Flynn Construction, was presented to Chinese author Yiyun Li at a gala dinner and
award ceremony in Cork city tonight, as part of the European Capital of Culture programme.
Yiyun Li: Alumni Profile, The University of Iowa Summer, 2005
Asia Society and Zoetrope: All-Story Proudly Present Yiyun Li in Conversation with Michael Ray July 27, 2005
Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award June 22, 2005
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is
shortlisted for the richest Short Story prize in the world,
The Frank O'Connor
International Short Story Award of 50,000 euros approx US$60,000. The Awards ceremony is to
be held on Sunday September 25th, 2005 in Cork Ireland.
Mills College News March, 2005
“Mills College announced today the hiring of award-winning writer Yiyun Li as a tenure-track
assistant professor of English. She will teach fiction and creative non-fiction at the
undergraduate and graduate levels. [...] Cornelia Nixon, professor of Mills’ writing faculty
praises Li’s work as 'like no one else’s, operating on a high level of abstract thought but
always conveyed in scintillating stories.' ”
The Los Angeles Times Dec 26, 2004
Named as one of three authors to watch in 2005. “Most of Li's stories in her first collection,
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, to be
published in the fall, are set in China but explore universal themes. [...] 'A lot of the stories
are about people in certain political [situations], who are forced to make a decision and then
the outcome of their fate is determined by their own decisions,' Li said. 'The political
background is very vague. The choices are in the foreground.' ”
Plimpton Prize Feb. 18, 2004
“The Paris Review has announced its first winner of the Plimpton Prize, named for
longtime editor George Plimpton, [...] Yiyun Li, cited for the short story 'Immortality,'
will receive $5,000 for 'the best piece of writing by a newcomer to appear in The Paris Review
in a given year.' ”
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