Tang Sulan (; born 1965) is a female
Chinese
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writer. Although a prolific writer of novels, proses, and poems, she is best known as a
children's writer
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, and for her
fairy tale
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s.
She is also a professor with the Faculty of Arts at
Hunan Normal University
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.
Biography
Tang was born in
Ningxiang County,
Hunan
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in 1965.
She graduated from
Hunan Normal University
Hunan Normal University (), founded in 1938, is a public university in Changsha, Hunan Province. The university is the 211 Project university, one of the country's 100 national key universities in the 21st century that enjoy priority in obtain ...
in 1985, where she majored in
Chinese Literature.
In 1988, she was accepted into
Zhejiang University
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and graduated in 1991.
Tang started publish works in 1986.
In 1999, she joined the
China Writers Association
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.
Later, she joined the
China Association for Promoting Democracy.
In 2008, she was a member of the 11th National Committee of
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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.
Works
Fairy tales
* ''Duoduo and Enchanter'' ()
* ''Duoduo and Witch'' ()
* ''Seeking the Happy Island'' ()
* ''Attic Spirit'' ()
* ''Walking Fireflies To Home'' ()
* ''Kid With Big Mouth'' ()
* ''Duoduo and Super Nurse'' ()
* ''Stupid Wolf and His Parent'' ()
* ''School Life of The Stupid Wolf'' ()
* ''Stupid Wolf's Trip'' ()
* ''Stupid Wolf's Stories'' ()
* ''How Beautiful The Small Witch'' ()
* ''Horse Live on The Roof'' ()
* ''Bunny and His Friends'' ()
* ''Girl and Gardenia'' ()
* ''Great Garden'' ()
Novellas
* ''Zhangyawu's Diary'' ()
* ''The Joy Zhen Shuai'' ()
* ''Super Genius Stupid Bear'' ()
* ''Black Love In Mountains'' ()
Proses and poems
* ''Rain in The Field'' ()
* ''Sounds of Dream'' ()
* ''What Words Could Never Say'' ()
Awards
* ''Stupid Wolf's Stories'' () – 7th Xin Yixi Literary Prize (1994), 1st Zhang Tianyi Fairy Tale Prize (1999),
Bingxin Children's Literary Prize, 5th National Children's Literary Award (1998)
* ''Duoduo and Witch'' () – 4th National Children's Literary Award (1995)
* ''Horse Live on The Roof'' () – 7th
Chen Bochui Children's Literary Prize (1999)
* ''Bunny and His Friends'' () – 5th National Book Award
* ''Girl and Gardenia'' () – 2nd Zhang Tianyi Fairy Tale Prize (2001)
* ''Great Garden'' () – 8th National Excellent Children's Literary Award (2010)
* ''One of the top ten people influencing Hunan'' ()
References
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1965 births
People from Ningxiang
Hunan Normal University alumni
Zhejiang University alumni
Living people
Writers from Changsha
Chinese women novelists
Chinese children's writers
Chinese women children's writers
Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award winners