Liang Xiaosheng

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Liang Xiaosheng
梁晓声
Born Liang Xiaosheng (梁绍生)
(1949-09-22) September 22, 1949 (age 74)
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter
Language Chinese
Nationality Chinese
Alma mater Fudan University
Period 1979 - present
Genre Novel, screenplay
Subject Sent-down youth
Notable works The Float City
A Red Guard's Confessions
The City of Snow

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Liang Xiaosheng (simplified Chinese: 梁晓声; traditional Chinese: 梁曉聲; pinyin: Liáng Xiǎoshēng) (born 22 September 1949) is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter.[1][2][3][4] Liang is a member of China Writers Association.[2][3][4] He also a professor in Beijing Language and Culture University.[2][3][4] His novels have been translated into English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Italian.[2][3][4][5]

Biography

Liang was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang in 1949, with his ancestral hometown in Rongcheng, Shandong.[1][2][2][3][4][6]

In 1966, when the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, Liang graduated from Harbin 29th High School (Chinese: 哈尔滨第二十九中学). Two years later, Liang went to the Great Northern Wilderness, worked in Shenyang Military Region.[3][4]

In 1974, Liang was accepted to Fudan University and graduated in 1977.[1][3] After graduation, he assigned to Beijing Film Studio as an editor. In 1988, Liang was transferred to China Children's Film Studio.[3]

Liang started to publish novels in 1979, his most well-known works are The Float City (Chinese: 浮城), A Red Guard's Confessions (Chinese: 一个红卫兵的自白), From Fudan University to Beijing Film Academy (Chinese: 从复旦到北影), The City of Snow (Chinese: 雪城), and The Depressed Chinese (Chinese: 郁闷的中国人).[2][4]

Works

Novellas

  • The World's Life (Chinese: 人间烟火)
  • There Is A Storm Tonight (Chinese: 今夜有暴风雨)[3]

Long-gestating novels

  • Pretty Women (Chinese: 伊人伊人)
  • The Float City (Chinese: 浮城)
  • A Red Guard's Confessions (Chinese: 一个红卫兵的自白)
  • From Fudan University to Beijing Film Academy (Chinese: 从复旦到北影)
  • The City of Snow (Chinese: 雪城)
  • The Depressed Chinese (Chinese: 郁闷的中国人)[2]

Short stories

  • If Heaven Has Feelings (Chinese: 天若有情)
  • Death (Chinese: 死神)
  • This Is A Mystical Land (Chinese: 这是一片神奇的土地)[4]

Awards

  • This Is A Mystical Land - National Short Story Award (1983)[2][3][4]
  • Father - National Short Story Award (1984)[2][3][4]
  • There Is A Storm Tonight - National Novella Award (1984)[2][3][4]

References

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