Yuan Yang Shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

Yuan Yang is among those shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.

Yang was chosen for Private Revolutions, her portrait of modern China told through the lives of four young women. Yang “has written an engrossing new book that meticulously reports on a country in the throes of change”, wrote Mythili Rao in a Guardian review.

The winner of the £30,000 award will be announced on June 12.

Find out more about the award and its sister award, the Women’s prize for fiction, here.