Chi Zijian is a Chinese poet and novelist. She was born in Beijing in 1962 and graduated from the Chinese Literature Department of Beijing Normal University. She is best known for her novel "The Last Quarter of the Moon", which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2004. Her works often focus on the lives of women in rural China, and she has been praised for her vivid and poetic writing style. She has published several collections of poetry and short stories, and her works have been translated into many languages. She is an important figure in contemporary Chinese literature and her works have been widely acclaimed.