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Ha Jin

China (1956 - )

About Ha Jin

Ha Jin left his native China in 1985 for the USA. He is the author of three books of poetry; three collections of stories, The Bridegroom, Under the Red Flag and Ocean of Words, a novella, In the Pond; and the international bestseller Waiting, winner of the US National Book Award. He lives in Boston.

New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

A Good Fall

Novels

In the Pond (1998)
Waiting (1999)
The Crazed (2002)
War Trash (2004)
A Free Life (2007)

Collections

Between Silences: A Voice from China (poems) (1990)
Facing Shadows (poems) (1996)
Ocean of Words: Army Stories (1996)
Under the Red Flag (1997)
The Bridegroom (2000)
Wreckage (poems) (2001)
A Good Fall (2009)

Awards

	National Book Award for Fiction Best Novel winner (1999) : Waiting
	PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Novel winner (2000) : Waiting
	PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Novel winner (2005) : War Trash

Ha Jin recommends

Lucky Us (2001) Joan Silber "A love story of our time."	The Lost Daughter of Happiness (2001) Geling Yan "Geling Yan stands as an eminent writer from the Chinese diaspora. . . an ambitious, eloquent, and unique book. "	In Open Spaces (2002) Russell Rowland "Charged with dramatic tension, a joy to read."

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