Dai Sijie

Dai Sijie
戴思杰
Dai Sijie in Madrid (2012), by Asís G. Ayerbe
Born (1954-03-02) 2 March 1954
Putian, Fujian Province, China
OccupationsAuthor, screenwriter, director
Dai Sijie
Simplified Chinese戴思杰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDài Sījié
IPA[tâɪ sɹ̩́tɕjě]

Dai Sijie (born 2 March 1954) is a Chinese French author and filmmaker living in France since 1984. He writes in French. His first novel, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, written in French, was a best seller and has been translated into more than 25 languages.