Xie Qianni facts for kids

Xie Qianni (谢倩霓) is a prizewinning Chinese writer, best known for writing children’s books.

Biography

Xie Qianni was born in Xiushui County, in Jiangxi province, China, in 1968. She graduated from the Chinese Dept at Nanjing University in 1989. She has been the editor-in-chief of a literary journal for young people, Shaonian wenyi 《少年文艺》. She is a member of the China Writers Association, and the Shanghai Writers Association.

Honours and awards

Xie Qianni has been awarded many of the major children’s literature prizes in China, including the National Outstanding Children’s Literature Award (China) (全国优秀儿童文学奖), the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award (陈伯吹儿童文学奖), and the Bing Xin Children’s Literature Award.