Yang Yi (author)
Introduction '''Yang Yi''' () (born June 18, 1964) is the pen name of '''Liu Qiao''', a Chinese-born novelist who has lived in Japan since 1987.Yang was born in the Chinese city of Harbin and remains a Chinese citizen. In 2008, she won the 139th Akutagawa Prize for her (Japanese language) novel ''Tokiga nijimu asa'' (literally, ''A Morning When Time Blurs''). She is thus far the only Chinese national and, along with Li Kotomi, one of only two non-native Japanese speakers to win the award.Currently she is a visiting professor at Kanto Gakuin University and a professor at Nihon University.
References
External links *  Yang Yi at J'Lit Books from Japan