Dr Jörn Peter Grundmann studied sinology and classical Chinese literature in Bonn and Taipei. In 2019 he received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Edinburgh. He is currently working as a research associate in a post-doctoral position at Jao-Tsung-I Academy of Sinology, Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests essentially include the philological exploration of the Confucian classics and the early Chinese history of ideas and concepts. He has recently rediscovered his original interest in contemporary sinophone literature and is currently working with Kathrin Bode on translating modern Hong Kong short stories into German. His first literary translations, four episodes from Dorothy Tse's "Stadt im Wandel des Verflossenen", appeared in Hefte für Ostasiatische Literatur.

In the pitching session 3 March 2022 he and Kathrin Bode introduced:
Figures of Memory from Hong Kong (Working title) - Compiled and translated by Kathrin Bode and Jörn Grundmann, Hongkong
This compilation of 5 short stories includes the following authors:
Hon Lai-chu, Darren Lo, Yu Yuenlan, Dorothy Tse, Lee Chi-Leung 

For further information please contact:

Jörn Peter Grundmann Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Hong Kong Baptist University
Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology
E-Mail: <[email protected]>
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