WANG Yixin 王亦馨 (pen name Datouma) 大头马 (fiction and non-fiction writer, playwright and scriptwriter; PRC), born in 1989, mainly writes short stories and novels, sometimes plays. Her works have been published in Harvest, October, Flower City, Shanghai Literature, Fiction World, Drama and Film Review, and other literary journals. She has published several anthologies of short stories such as Murdering the Television, Guide to Writing Non-Selling Novels, Nine Stories, and The King’s Game, as well as the novel Skinner. She has won the first prize in the fiction category of the 2nd Douban Reading Literature Competition, the first prize in the fiction category of the 12th Macau Literature Award, the first prize in the 4th World Sinophone Drama Competition for Young Playwrights, and the first Zhongshan Star Literature Award for Youth of the Year Excellent work, the 7th Zijinshan Literary Award Newcomer Award. The novella Murdering the Television was adapted into a play of the same name and was performed for the first round at Beijing Capital Theater in 2016. The play To the Lighthouse had its first round in 2020 at the Taipei Dadong Cultural and Art Center. Some of her stories are being adapted into films. Her participation is made possible thanks to the generous support of Hugh F. Culverhouse, Jr. and other donations made to the International Writing Program.

Countries
China
Languages
Chinese
Session
2025