徐则臣

（1978-）

生于江苏东海，毕业于北京大学中文系。著有《耶路撒冷》《王城如海》《青云谷童话》《跑步穿过中关村》等。曾获鲁迅文学奖、老舍文学奖、冯牧文学奖、庄重文文学奖、华语文学传媒大奖•年度小说家奖，被《南方人物周刊》评为“2015年度中国青年领袖”。长篇小说《耶路撒冷》被评为“《亚洲周刊》2014年度十大小说”第一名。小说集《如果大雪封门》获央视“2016中国好书”奖。部分作品被翻译成德、英、日、韩、意、荷、阿等十余种语言。

Xu Zechen, one of China’a most promising young writers, was born in Jiangsu Province. When he left the small town of his birthplace to attend Peking University in Beijing, several of his compatriots moved there with him-not to attend university but to carve out lives for themselves in the capital city, in any way they could. Xu kept in touch with them over years and their stories were the basis for his earlier novels, such as RUNNING THROUGH ZHONGGUANCUN, MIDNIGHT’S GATE, and NIGHT TRAIN. His style tends towards well-paced realist narratives with finely drawn portraits of characters from all corners of the society, and a keen ear to dialogues. As he has matured as a writer, he has turned his attention to the lives and circumstances of Chinese people in their 30s-his own generation. The novel JERUSALEM represents his first major foray into this subject.