An Liang

Whose real name is Min Shilin, is a native of Shanghai, whose forefathers came from Jiangsu. He is a member of the Chinese Writers’ Association, and has a PhD in economics. In the 1980s, he began to publish various literary works in newspapers at and above the provincial and municipal levels, and published more than 30 books. He has won the Mengya Reportage Award, Bing Xin Prose Award, “Fiction Selection” Biennial Award, the Most Popular Novel Award, “The Belt and Road” Li Du International Poetry Festival Special Award and dozens of other awards. He has published about a thousand short stories and micro-fictions, and is the author of eight collections of novels including “Smile on the Balcony”, “An Liang’s Selection of Mini-Fictions”, a collection of novellas and short stories “How Many Childhood Friends Do You Still Have” and the four-volume “Mingren’s Diary”, ten collections of essays such as “A Journey Through Dreams”, “Looking for the Touching Moments in Life” and five collections of poems including “How Many Excuses Are There in Life” and “Who Can Stay in the Sky”. There are also long-form documentary literature, various stage plays and other works. His works are widely reprinted.
An Liang’s poems are rich in subject matter, unique in perspective, and quite grounded. Their magnificent imagination and philosophical ideas hold strong artistic appeal.