The journey to “go global” of the contemporary Chinese woman writer Can Xue

DOI: 10.18173/2354-1067.2021-0041

Abstract

Can Xue is a contemporary Chinese writer of international stature, while in Vietnam, it is assumed that no more than three translations of her works are noticed. This woman writer possesses the most literary works appearing in foreign high school and university textbooks compared with other contemporary Chinese writers. To date, no less than thirty volumes of hers have been translated into more than ten languages and published in a number of countries including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Japan, etc. A myriad of professional researchers, critics and scholars, Sinologists in the West and Japan have written papers on the author's creations. This writing places a priority on introducing the situation of translation and publication of Can Xue's works in two major countries, Japan and the United States, over the past two decades.