Featured Writer Interview: Zhao Yan

Featured Writer Interview: Zhao Yan

Zhao Yan, female, born in 1974, is a writer currently living in Spain. She is the author of the novels “The Imposter” and long essays “The Metaphor of the Body” and “We Are All Second-hand Animals,” among others. Writer Interview, co-hosted by the Australian Chinese Writers Association.


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