Xu Xingye (; 1917 – 1990) was a Chinese novelist. One of his works, ''Broken Golden Bowl'', won the

Mao Dun Literature Prize Mao Dun Literature Prize () is a prize for novels, established in the will of prominent Chinese writer Mao Dun (for which he personally donated 250,000 RMB) and sponsored by the China Writers Association. Awarded every four years, it is one of t ...

, a prestigious literature award in China.

Biography

Xu was born in

Shaoxing Shaoxing (; ) is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. It was formerly known as Kuaiji and Shanyin and abbreviated in Chinese as (''Yuè'') from the area's former inhabitants. ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

in 1917. He graduated from Wuxi Academy of the Traditional Chinese Culture () in 1937. After graduation, he worked in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

. Xu started to publish works in 1980. He died in Shanghai in 1990.

Works

Novels

* ''Broken Golden Bowl'' ()

Awards

* ''Broken Golden Bowl'' – 3rd

(1991)

Personal life

Xu married Zhou Yunqin (), her father was Zhou Zongliang (), a rich merchant in Shanghai. The couple had two sons, Xu Yuanzhang () and Xu Yuanjian ().

References

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