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Tsering Döndrup

Tsering Döndrup (Tibetan: ཚེ་རིང་དོན་གྲུབ) is a Tibetan author from Malho.[1] Döndrup was born in 1961 to a family of ethnically Mongolian nomadic herders. He is a historian and a major writer in contemporary Tibetan literature.[2]

Biography

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Tsering Döndrup studied Tibetan language and literature at the Qinghai Nationalities Institute in Xining and the Northwest Nationalities Institute in Lanzhou. An early member of the Tibetan New Literature movement of the 1980s, Döndrup's work has continued to be relevant.[3]

Several of his books have been translated into French, Chinese, and English. A collection of his short stories, The Handsome Monk And Other Stories, was translated into English and published by Columbia University Press in 2019.[4] His novel about the 1958 Amdo uprising, The Red Wind Howls, was never formally published, although privately-printed copies have circulated on the black market. He lost his job and passport as a result of writing this book.[5] An English translation of The Red Wind Howls by Christopher Peacock was published by Columbia University Press in June 2025.[6]

Books

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  • Ancestors (Mes po), 2001
  • Fog (Smug pa), 2002
  • The Red Wind Howls (རླུང་དམར་འུར་འུར། Rlung dmar 'ur 'ur), 2009
  • My Two Fathers, 2015
  • The Handsome Monk and Other Stories (English translation by Christopher Peacock), Columbia University Press, 2019 [7][8][9]
  • The Red Wind Howls (English translation by Christopher Peacock), Columbia University Press, 2025. [10][11][12]

Short Stories

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  • ""Baba Baoma – Part One" By Tsering Döndrup". Translations and Commentary from Tibetan Social Media. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  • "There's No". Yeshe. Translated by Choegyal Kyab. 2021.
  • Döndrup, Tsering (2019-02-21). ""One Mani," a Story by Tsering Döndrup". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Translated by Christopher Peacock. Retrieved 2025-08-23.

References

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  1. ^ Butler, John (2019-04-20). ""The Handsome Monk and Other Stories" by Tsering Döndrup". Asian Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. ^ "March 2019: Tsering Döndrup ཚེ་རིང་དོན་གྲུབ | The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing". writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  3. ^ Stoddard, Heather. "Tsering Döndrup's The Red Wind Scream" (PDF). Latse Library Newsletter. 6.
  4. ^ Döndrup, Tsering (2019). The Handsome Monk and Other Stories. Translated by Peacock, Christopher. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54878-6.
  5. ^ Berwald, Max (July 8, 2019). "Translating Contemporary Tibet: In Conversation with Christopher Peacock - Asymptote Blog". Asymptote Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  6. ^ "The Red Wind Howls: A Novel". Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  7. ^ t (2021-07-23). "[REVIEW] "Noir Fables of Tibet: Tsering Döndrup's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠" by Michael Tsang". Cha. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  8. ^ "Book Review: "The Handsome Monk and Other Stories," Tsering Dondrup". Koffee & Kpop. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  9. ^ ""The Handsome Monk and Other Stories" by Tsering Döndrup". Books, Arts & Culture. 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  10. ^ "Howling Memories". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2025-08-20. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  11. ^ Peacock, Christopher (2025-07-11). "Tsering Döndrup's defiant reckoning with Tibet's legacy of violence". Himal Southasian. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  12. ^ Sacks, Sam. "Fiction: 'The Red Wind Howls' by Tsering Döndrup". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-23.


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