Yang Shuo (, April 28, 1913 – August 3, 1968) was a Chinese
lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment.
Royalties
A lyricist's incom ...
and
essayist
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal ...
born in
Penglai, Shandong
Penglai, formerly known as Dengzhou or Tengchow, is a district belonging to the prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong Province, in the People's Republic of China. It lies on the northwest corner of the Shandong Peninsula on the southern coas ...
, who produced over a hundred works. He committed suicide during the
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...
by overdose on
sedatives.
1913 births
1968 suicides
Chinese male short story writers
Republic of China essayists
People's Republic of China essayists
People from Penglai, Shandong
Writers from Yantai
Suicides during the Cultural Revolution
Drug-related suicides in China
Suicides in the People's Republic of China
20th-century essayists
Republic of China short story writers
Short story writers from Shandong
Politicians from Yantai
People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong
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