to more subjective narration. Wang is often recognized as a feminist writer, although she does not self-identify as a feminist. "Critics often says that I am under the influence of feminism. They say I am disappointed in man, which I am not." She says in the same interview, however, that she "cannot treat women as objects" and she "dislikes female characters that does everything to please men." Personal life Wang's mother, Ru Zhijuan (茹志鹃), is a novelist while her father, Wang Xiaopin (王啸平), is a playwright and director. She has an elder sister, Wang Annuo (王安诺), who is a former editor of a literary magazine and a younger brother, Wang Anwei (王安桅), who does Literary and Art research. Wang is married to Li Zhang (李章) who is an editor of Shanghai Music Publishing House. Works translated into English Major awards 1982: 4th National Short Story Prize, "The Destination" 1983: 2nd National Novella Prize, Lapse of Time 1987: 4th National Novella Prize, Baotown 2000: 5th Mao Dun Literature Prize, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow 2004: 3rd Lu Xun Literary Prize, "Confidences in a Hair Salon" 2012: 4th Dream of the Red Chamber Award, Scent of Heaven () 2013: France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 2017: 5th Newman Prize for Chinese Literature 2018: 2nd JD Literature Prize, "红豆生南国" References External links Wang Anyi. A Portrait by Kong Kai Ming at Hong Kong Baptist University Library 1954 births Living people Chinese women novelists Chinese novelists Writers from Nanjing 20th-century Chinese women writers 21st-century Chinese women writers 20th-century Chinese novelists 21st-century Chinese novelists Academic staff of Fudan University Chinese women short story writers Chinese short story writers Chinese women essayists Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres International Writing Program alumni Sent-down youths People's Republic of China translators English–Chinese translators Mao Dun Literature Prize laureates 20th-century Chinese translators 21st-century Chinese translators Chinese people of Singaporean descent People's Republic of China short story writers Politicians from Nanjing Educators from Nanjing Short story writers from Jiangsu Rouran Yujiulü clan