Li Juan

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Li Juan is a prolific Chinese essayist born in Xinjiang in 1979 and raised in Sichuan. She has published more than ten books of essays including the award-winning book Winter Pasture. The majority of her works reflect the Kazak nomad world of Altay in northern Xinjiang. She now lives in Urumqi, Xinjiang.

Winter Pasture: One Woman’s Journey with China’s Kazakh Herders by Li Juan

Li Juan
New York. Astra House. 2021. 304 pages. READING WINTER PASTURE, Li Juan’s account of her time with shepherds in the foothills of the Altai Mountains, I was reminded of Polish…
Hill Elementary

July 31, 2018 Li Juan
The Hill Elementary staircase / Courtesy of Li Juan Translator’s note: Li Juan is a well-known and prolific essayist and poet in China, born in 1979 in Xinjiang. Writing in the …