Yang Hao was born in Shanxi and grew up in Beijing. She studied film and art history and is now pursuing a PhD in comparative literature at Trinity College Dublin. In Chinese, she has published an essay collection, Into Renaissance, and two novels, Novel Noir and Diablo’s Boys. Her debut novel, Novel Noir, was shortlisted for the Blancpain-Imaginist Literary Award in 2019. She currently lives in Dublin. Diablo’s Boys is her first work to be translated.
Yang Hao was born in Shanxi and grew up in Beijing. She studied film and art history and is now pursuing a PhD in comparative literature at Trinity College Dublin. In Chinese, she has published an essay collection, Into Renaissance, and two novels, Novel Noir and Diablo’s Boys. Her debut novel, Novel Noir, was shortlisted for the Blancpain-Imaginist Literary Award in 2019. She currently lives in Dublin. Diablo’s Boys is her first work to be translated.
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