Ding Xiaoqi
Ding Xiaoqi was born in 1959 and grew up in China. She was a well-known author before coming to live in Victoria. In 1990 she was appointed Visiting Fellow in the Cinema Studies Division of La Trobe University. From 1990 to 1993 she was Artistic Director of the Chinese International Arts Festival in Melbourne. Her book of short stories, Maidenhome, was published by Hyland House in 1993. She has also published widely in Australian literature journals. In 1996, with Ouyang Yu , she co-founded Otherland, Australia's first Chinese-language literary journal. She has worked as a novelist, stage director, screenwriter, lyricist and poet with extensive credits in China. Much of her writing is focussed on everyday issues in the lives of women in contemporary Chinese society.
Maidenhome. Melbourne: Hyland House, 1993. (trans. Chris Berry and Cathy Silber)