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| Native name | 阿来;ཨ་ལེ |
| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) Barkam,Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture,Sichuan |
| Occupation | Novelist,Poet |
| Language | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Normal College |
| Period | 1982–present |
| Genre | Novels,poetry |
| Notable works | Red Poppies |
| Notable awards | 5thMao Dun Literary Prize 2000Red Poppies |
Alai (Chinese:阿来;pinyin:Ālái;Tibetan:ཨ་ལེ་,Wylie:a-le,ZYPY:Alê,Lhasa dialect:[ɑ́lè]; born 1959 inSichuan Province) is a Chinese-language poet and novelist ofRgyalrongTibetan descent. He is also a former editor ofScience Fiction World.[1]
Alai's notable novelRed Poppies, published in 1998, follows a family of Tibetan chieftains, the Maichi, during the decade or so before the “liberation” ofTibet by thePeople's Liberation Army in 1951. Theirfeudal life in the Tibetan borderlands, narrated by the youngest "idiot" son, is described as cruel, romantic, and full of intrigue (with theAnnexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China presented as a great advance for the Tibetan peasantry).Red Poppies won the 5thMao Dun Literary Prize in 2000 and was selected as a finalist for theKiriyama Prize in 2002.[1]
In 2013, Alai participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.[2]
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