Yan Yan
Yan Yan graduated from Columbia University in 2008 with degrees in English and religious studies. After working at the Alibaba Group in Hangzhou, China, his hometown, he backpacked around the world and eventually settled down in Brooklyn, then the Hudson Valley. As a freelance translator, he translated works by Hans Christian Andersen Award–winner Cao Wenxuan, including the Dingding and Dangdang series,
XiMi, and
Mountain Goats Don’t Eat Heaven’s Grass, as well as updated editions of
Grass House and
Bronze Sunflower, for China Children’s Press & Publication Group
. More recently, he has been translating works by the Chinese literary icon Wang Xiaobo, which include a novella collection titled
Golden Age and an essay collection titled
The Pleasure of Thinking.