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Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
About Ye Xin (writer)
- Ye Xin (born Ye Chengxi on 16 October 1949) is a Chinese writer who has written profusely about "sent-down youths" (also known as "educated youths"), drawing from his own experience.
- A Shanghai native, Ye Xin "volunteered" to receive his "rustication" in remote Guizhou in 1969, where he spent 2 decades of his life.
- He has written over 20 novels, but is best known for writing the teleplay of mega-hit series Sinful Debt (1995), based on his 1992 novel Educated Youth. Ye has been vice-chairman of China Writers Association since 1997, and president of Shanghai University College of Liberal Arts from 1997 to 2014.
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