アリス・エヴリン・ヤンは、移民、世代を超えて受け継がれる傷、歴史と家族の記憶を主題とする中国系アメリカ人の小説家。ヴァージニア州ノーフォーク出身で、ニューヨークを拠点に活動している。2020年にノースウェスタン大学で創作の学士号を取得し、環境政策と文化を副専攻とした。2022年にはコロンビア大学の小説創作の修士課程を修了。在学中にFelipe De Alba Fellowshipを受け、短編は『Michigan Quarterly Review』『Apogee』『The Rumpus』などに掲載された。2023年には『Michigan Quarterly Review』夏号に掲載された短編でJesmyn Ward Prize in Fictionを受賞した。2026年の初長編『A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing』（未邦訳）は、11年ぶりに戻った父と娘の再会から、日本占領下の満洲、文化大革命、現代のアメリカを生きた三世代の家族史をたどる物語。父の語る過去や予言と、娘が見る怪異を重ね、植民地支配と政治的暴力が家族の内側に残す影響を、民間伝承や幻想的な表現を通して描いた。本人は、移民である両親が多くを語らなかった過去への関心から執筆を始め、父との対話や歴史資料の調査を重ねたと説明している。大学院での学業とTin House Booksでのデザイナーの仕事の間に初稿を約二年で書き上げ、同作は2026年のWomen’s Prize for Fictionのロングリストに選ばれた。
Alice Evelyn Yang is a Chinese American novelist whose work explores immigration, intergenerational trauma and the relationship between family memory and history. Originally from Norfolk, Virginia, she is based in New York. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2020 with a BA in Creative Writing and a minor in Environmental Policy and Culture. She completed her MFA in Fiction at Columbia University in 2022, receiving the Felipe De Alba Fellowship during her studies. Her short fiction appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Apogee and The Rumpus, and a story published in MQR’s Summer 2023 issue won its Jesmyn Ward Prize in Fiction. Her debut novel, A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing (2026), begins with a daughter’s reunion with the father who disappeared eleven years earlier. It traces three generations through Japanese-occupied Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution and contemporary America. The father’s memories and prophecy intersect with the daughter’s uncanny visions, using folklore and magical realism to examine the effects of colonialism and political violence within a family. Yang has described curiosity about the past her immigrant parents rarely discussed as a starting point for the novel. She combined conversations with her father with historical research to explore experiences she had not learned about while growing up in the United States. She wrote the first draft over approximately two years, alongside her MFA coursework and her first full-time job as a designer at Tin House Books. The novel was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2026.
