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'''Yan Li''' ({{zh |t = |s = 李彥 |p = |first = }}; born 1955) is a Beijing-born Chinese-Canadian fiction author who has written in both Chinese and English. In China, she worked as a translator, instructor and journalist.<ref name="uw1">{{Cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/news/confucius-institute-ci-director-yan-li-publishes-new-novel|title=The Confucius Institute (CI) director, Yan Li, publishes New Novel. Lily in the Snow|date=April 4, 2012|publisher=Renison University College}}</ref> Having moved to Canada in 1987, her 1995 novel ''Daughters of the Red Land'', felt by some to be autobiographical, was a finalist for a [[Books in Canada First Novel Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/li_yan/|title=Yan Li |work=Asian Heritage in Canada: Authors |publisher=Ryerson University Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Lu |first1=Yan |title=Minor Transethnicity: Chinese, First Nations, and Blacks in Multilingual Chinese Canadian Fiction |date=November 2015 |hdl=1807/82425 |type=Thesis |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1163/9789401205481_009 |chapter=Canadian Border Crossings: Evelyn Lau and Larissa Lai |title=China Fictions / English Language |year=2008 |pages=141–159 |isbn=978-90-420-2351-2 |first1=Mary |last1=Condé |editor1-first=A. Robert |editor1-last=Lee }}</ref> She teaches at [[Renison University College]] and has been director of the Confucius Institute at the [[University of Waterloo]].<ref name="uw1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/news/professor-yan-li-featured-october-issue-china-business-focus|title=Professor Yan Li featured in October issue of China Business Focus|date=April 4, 2012|publisher=Renison University College}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://torontolife.com/city/something-borrowed/ |title=Why three prominent Chinese-Canadian writers launched a $10-million plagiarism suit against Ling Zhang |first=Leah |last=McLaren |authorlink=Leah McLaren |date=21 December 2011 |magazine=Toronto Life}}</ref> Her novel ''Lily in the Snow'' (2009) followed a Chinese immigrant family in Ontario.<ref name="luo">{{cite journal |id={{Gale|A334379691}} |last1=Luo |first1=Shao-Pin |title=Writing Chinese Diaspora |journal=Canadian Literature |date=22 September 2012 |issue=214 |pages=172 }}</ref><br />
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==Novels==<br />
*''Daughters of the Red Land'' (1995)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Moon-Su |first1=Pil |title=Criticism, Deconstruction and Reconstruction in Double Reflection : Interpreting Chinese Writer Li Yan's 'Daughters of the Red Land' |journal=Chinese Studies |date=30 September 2019 |volume=68 |pages=299–314 |doi=10.14378/KACS.2019.68.68.18 |s2cid=211944103 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |id={{ProQuest|215189213}} |last1=Li |first1=Yan |title=Daughters of the red land |journal=Books in Canada |location=Toronto |volume=25 |issue=1 |date=February 1996 |pages=35 }}</ref><br />
*''Lily in the Snow'' (2009)<ref name="luo"/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Healing a Devastated Life |date=November 2010 |first=Michelle |last=Tisseyre |authorlink=Michelle Tisseyre |journal=Literary Review of Canada |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Healing+a+devastated+life:+a+Chinese+daughter+finds+her+inspiration%E2%80%A6-a0242172401 }}</ref><br />
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