Nov 24, 2020 · Blending the intimate and the epic, the profound and the quotidian, Wuhan Diary is a remarkable record of an extraordinary time. Translated from the Chinese by Michael Berry

Michael Berry, who started translating “Wuhan Diary” into English beginning in February 2020 said that he translated the book in order for “the world to learn from China’s experience in Wuhan”. [12] The German version was translated by Michael Kahn-Ackermann, and was published by Hoffmann und Campe Verlag on May 30, 2020. [14]

Berry’s most recent monograph is Translation, Disinformation and Wuhan Diary (Palgrave 2022; Kawada, 2023), which explores the intersection of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, disinformation campaigns, and Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary.

In February of 2020, at the very start of the COVID-19 outbreak, Berry began to translate Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City by Wuhan-based writer Fang Fang. The book was one of the earliest accounts of the unfolding global crisis; while targeted by nationalist trolls, the diary was widely reviewed by international media outlets ...

Dec 19, 2022 · “Translation, Disinformation and Wuhan Diary is a powerful account of Professor Michael Berry’s unlikely encounter with COVID-19 when it first broke out in China in 2020. Through a gripping narrative, Berry describes his own experience in translating the renowned Wuhan writer Fang Fang’s controversial diary on the pandemic, and his ...

Dec 8, 2022 · “Translation, Disinformation and Wuhan Diary is a powerful account of Professor Michael Berry’s unlikely encounter with COVID-19 when it first broke out in China in 2020. Through a gripping narrative, Berry describes his own experience in translating the renowned Wuhan writer Fang Fang’s controversial diary on the pandemic, and his ...

Mar 2, 2021 · King Yu interviews Michael Berry, professor of Asian languages and cultures and director of the Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA, and an award-winning English translator for Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary (2020).

Aug 2, 2021 · Michael Berry examines Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary, a crucial text that documented the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China via an online blog, as an example of a “first look” and “future look.”

Sep 17, 2023 · Berry took on the task of translating Wuhan Diary in 2020 because he knew that Fang Fang’s diary, as one of the earliest lockdown diaries of the COVID-19 pandemic was a significant record with global relevance. Berry was already acquainted with Fang Fang, having translated her novel Soft Burial.