She started writing stories after mastering English, finding the distancing effect of another language helpful, and studied at Iowa's Writers' Workshop before launching her fast-tracked career. Born in Beijing in 1972, Li moved to the US aged 24 to do medical research at the University of Iowa. It was also an impressive feat of cross-cultural adaptation, addressing Chinese experience in American English using mostly European literary models. Y iyun Li's 2005 story collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers - which won four prizes, including the Guardian First Book award - was admired for taking a calm, Chekhovian look at a changing China and the lives of Chinese emigrants.
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