Hongying, Yang / Escritor
"Diary of a Girl" is a beautiful coming-of-age diary. Using a diary-like format that reaches directly into a child's heart, it vividly and meticulously documents the physical and subtle psychological changes of sixth-grade student Ran Dongyang as she grows from a girl to a young woman. Yang Hongying's writing, imbued with human compassion and a life-conscious perspective, vividly captures the conflicting emotions of a girl's desire yet fear of growing up. Her tender words awaken her nascent sense of life. "Diary of a Girl" cherishes the life and growth of women, creating a beautiful and poetic world of a young girl's development. From a hygiene class with Teacher Luo to hearing her mother recount her birth experience on her birthday; from the embarrassment of wearing a bra for the first time to the openness of her acne; from the anxiety of a bloating body to the appreciation of the graceful curves of a woman's emerging body... these growing girls, from initial curiosity and ambivalence to a yearning and emotion for life, experience the difficult and beautiful transformation of the chrysalis into a butterfly.
