Cecilia Lindqvist
Cecilia Lindqvist (1932-2021) was one of Sweden’s leading experts on China. Since the 1970s she has been teaching Chinese and educating people about Chinese culture, history, language and society with books, newspaper articles and television programmes. Besides Chinese and history, she also studied music, including the qin in Beijing 1961-62.
In 2016, Cecilia Lindqvist was awarded the prestigious CHINA SPECIAL BOOK AWARD, the leading literary award in China and presented at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, and has worked as a guest professor at Beijing University of Language.
Books by Cecilia Lindqvist
Another World
Cecilia Lindqvist
After seven days of travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway, Cecilia Lindqvist approaches Beijing. It is January 1961, and she is shocked by her first encounter with China. The country is plagued by famine and the harsh political climate casts a dire sh…
