Ye Xin (writer)
Ye Xin | |
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| Native name | 叶辛 |
| Born | Ye Chengxi (叶承熹) October 16, 1949 Shanghai, China |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
| Language | written Chinese |
| Education | high school |
| Period | 1974–present |
| Notable works | Educated Youth (1992) |
| Spouse | Wang Shujun (王淑君) |
| Children | Ye Tian (叶田) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 葉辛 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶辛 | ||||||
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Ye Xin (born Ye Chengxi on 16 October 1949) is a Chinese writer who has written profusely about "sent-down youths" (also known as "educated youths"), drawing from his own experience. A Shanghai native, Ye Xin "volunteered" to receive his "rustication" in remote Guizhou in 1969, where he spent 2 decades of his life. He has written over 20 novels, but is best known for writing the teleplay of mega-hit series Sinful Debt (1995), based on his 1992 novel Educated Youth.
Ye has been vice-chairman of China Writers Association since 1997, and president of Shanghai University College of Liberal Arts from 1997 to 2014.